Historical Events In October - 31

0802  On this day in history empress Irene of Byzantium driven out   

0834  1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints on this day in history.   

1147  On October - 31 robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)   

1291  On October - 31 philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) on this day in history.   

1424  On October - 31 wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary   

1448  On October - 31 johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1485  Coronation of British king Henry VII on this day in history.   

1517  Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation on this day in history.   

1541  Michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel on October - 31.   

1541  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on October - 31.   

1552  On October - 31 emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz   

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on October - 31.   

1587  On this day in history leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.   

1596  English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" on this day in history.   

1617  On October - 31 laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies   

1620  On this day in history john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

1632  On this day in history the birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter   

1632  Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer) on October - 31.   

1634  On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

1638  On October - 31 meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.   

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies   

1664  On October - 31 willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51   

1705  On this day in history clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)   

1723  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81   

1740  William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on October - 31.   

1744  On October - 31 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50   

1750  On October - 31 leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet   

1755  On this day in history jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist   

1757  Ignaz Spangler, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On October - 31 earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred   

1761  On this day in history rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary   

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1291  On October - 31 birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

1345  On October - 31 birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)   

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on this day in history.   

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on October - 31.   

1541  On October - 31 birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1599  On this day in history birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)   

1620  On October - 31 birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.   

1448  On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on October - 31.   

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on October - 31.   

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.   

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on October - 31.   

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on this day in history.