Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  On December - 31 st Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0335  St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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

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 December - 31.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) on this day in history.   

1382  On this day in history daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

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

1424  Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on December - 31.   

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

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

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) on this day in history.   

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

1564  On this day in history willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion   

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

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

1604  Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam on this day in history.   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 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  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on December - 31.   

1660  On December - 31 james II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.   

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

1669  On this day in history france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

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

1673  On this day in history oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on December - 31.   

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

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

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  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

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

1540  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope   

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

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

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  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)