Historical Events In December - 31

0192  On December - 31 lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0335  On December - 31 st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz on this day in history.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

0535  Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year on December - 31.   

0765  Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China on this day in history.   

0870  England's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire on this day in history.   

0870  Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on December - 31.   

1229  On December - 31 james I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca.   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) on December - 31.   

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.   

1384  On this day in history john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies   

1424  On this day in history thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1492  100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily on December - 31.   

1502  On December - 31 cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino   

1514  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) on this day in history.   

1564  Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on this day in history.   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

1600  On this day in history british East India Company chartered   

1604  Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam on December - 31.   

1616  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1621  On this day in history hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.   

1652  On this day in history frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

1660  On this day in history james II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist on December - 31.   

1669  France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on December - 31.   

1670  On December - 31 france & England sign Boyne-treaty   

1673  Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on December - 31.   

1680  On this day in history amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens   

1687  On December - 31 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope   

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.   

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)