Historical Events In January - 31

0314  On January - 31 st Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0876  On this day in history charles becomes king of Italy  

1504  By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon on this day in history.  

1517  On this day in history gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1531  Kings Ferdinand of Austria/János Zápolyai of Hungary accept each other on January - 31.  

1531  On January - 31 kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other  

1560  On January - 31 spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois  

1561  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on this day in history.  

1573  On this day in history ambrosius Metzger, composer  

1578  Battle of Gembloers on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies  

1596  On January - 31 catholic League disjoins  

1601  On this day in history pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter  

1605  In Tokaido, Japan a major earthquake causes 5,000 deaths. and generates a Tsunami on January - 31.  

1606  Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason against England's King James I, is executed on January - 31.  

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

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

1609  Wisselbank of Amsterdam established on January - 31.  

1612  On January - 31 hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia  

1614  Nicolas Saboly, composer on January - 31.  

1620  On January - 31 georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief  

1623  Francois-Xavier de Laval on January - 31.  

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

1627  On this day in history spanish government goes bankrupt  

1633  On January - 31 nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham)  

1675  On January - 31 cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft  

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

1696  Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam) on this day in history.  

1720  On January - 31 thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)  

1734  Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer on January - 31.  

1747  Grand Pre, Nova Scotia Arthur Noble d1747 British commander at Grand Pre surprised by Villiers; loses 500 men on January - 31.  

1747  The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital on January - 31.  

1750  Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06) on this day in history.  

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  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.  

1517  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on this day in history.  

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)  

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.  

1573  On January - 31 birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer  

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

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on this day in history.  

1398  On this day in history death of emperor Sukō (b. 1334)  

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on this day in history.  

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

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

1606  On this day in history death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35  

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

1632  On January - 31 death of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)