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  St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  On December - 31 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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

0765  On this day in history coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China   

0870  On December - 31 england's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire   

0870  Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1382  On December - 31 daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.   

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  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino on this day in history.   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) on December - 31.   

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

1564  Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on December - 31.   

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

1600  On December - 31 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  Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov on December - 31.   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on December - 31.   

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

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

1669  On December - 31 france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

1670  France & England sign Boyne-treaty on this day in history.   

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

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on this day in history.   

1687  On this day in history 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.   

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

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

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.   

1668  On December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

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

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

1297  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.