Historical Events In December - 31

0192  On this day in history lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 31.   

0335  On December - 31 st. Silvester, Pope   

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

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

0535  Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year on this day in history.   

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 December - 31.   

0870  On December - 31 skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army   

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

1378  On December - 31 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

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

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.   

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

1492  On this day in history 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily   

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

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

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

1564  On December - 31 willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1600  British East India Company chartered on this day in history.   

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

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1621  On December - 31 hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

1647  On December - 31 giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1652  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

1669  France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

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

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

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on December - 31.   

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  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

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

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

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

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

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

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

0335  On this day in history 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  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.   

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

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)