Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0335  On December - 31 st. Silvester, Pope   

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

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

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on December - 31.   

1384  On December - 31 john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies   

1424  Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1600  On this day in history british East India Company chartered   

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

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

1652  On December - 31 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1670  On this day in history france & England sign Boyne-treaty   

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

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

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

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

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

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.   

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 December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)