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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On December - 31 coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China   

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 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 December - 31.   

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

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

1492  On December - 31 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily   

1502  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1583  On December - 31 thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

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

1604  On December - 31 admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam   

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  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1669  On December - 31 france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

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

1673  Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens   

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

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.   

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

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1297  On December - 31 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.