Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.   

0335  St. Silvester, Pope   

0406  80000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle.   

0439  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   

0765  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.   

0870  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.   

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

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies.   

1424  Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1492  100000 Jews expelled from Sicily.   

1502  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri).   

1564  In this year, Willem van Orange formally claims freedom of conscience/religion   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1600  British East India Company chartered   

1604  Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam.   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1621  Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

1660  James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist.   

1669  France and Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

1670  France and England sign Boyne-treaty.   

1673  Oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens.   

1687  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  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

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

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

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   

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

1194  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)