Historical Events In January - 31

0314  On this day in history st Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0876  On January - 31 charles becomes king of Italy   

1504  On this day in history by treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon   

1517  On January - 31 gioseffo Zarlino, composer   

1531  On this day in history kings Ferdinand of Austria/János Zápolyai of Hungary accept each other   

1531  Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other on January - 31.   

1560  Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois on January - 31.   

1561  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on January - 31.   

1573  On this day in history ambrosius Metzger, composer   

1578  Battle of Gembloers on January - 31.   

1580  On January - 31 hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies   

1596  Catholic League disjoins on this day in history.   

1601  On January - 31 pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter   

1605  On this day in history in Tokaido, Japan a major earthquake causes 5,000 deaths. and generates a Tsunami.   

1606  On this day in history guy Fawkes, convicted of treason against England's King James I, is executed.   

1606  On January - 31 guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35   

1607  On this day in history james Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby   

1609  On January - 31 wisselbank of Amsterdam established   

1612  Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia on this day in history.   

1614  Nicolas Saboly, composer on January - 31.   

1620  Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief on January - 31.   

1623  On January - 31 francois-Xavier de Laval   

1627  On this day in history spanish government goes bankrupt where did all the New World gold go to?   

1627  Spanish government goes bankrupt on January - 31.   

1633  Nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham) on January - 31.   

1675  Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft on January - 31.   

1679  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris   

1696  On this day in history revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)   

1720  On this day in history thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)   

1734  Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer on this day in history.   

1747  Grand Pre, Nova Scotia Arthur Noble d1747 British commander at Grand Pre surprised by Villiers; loses 500 men on this day in history.   

1747  On January - 31 the first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.   

1750  On January - 31 gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)   

1759  Francois Devienne, composer on this day in history.   

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0877  Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on January - 31.   

1512  On this day in history birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)   

1517  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on January - 31.   

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on January - 31.   

1550  On January - 31 birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)   

1573  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer   

1573  Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on January - 31.   

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on January - 31.   

0743  On January - 31 death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)   

1398  Death of Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) on this day in history.   

1435  On this day in history death of xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)   

1561  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies   

1580  On January - 31 hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies   

1606  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history death of claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)   

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on this day in history.