Historical Events In May - 31

0070  Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem on this day in history.   

0455  On May - 31 petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1223  On May - 31 mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River   

1246  On this day in history isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1417  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration on May - 31.   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal on May - 31.   

1495  Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League on May - 31.   

1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on this day in history.   

1531  On this day in history "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam wool house in churchyard aborted   

1531  On May - 31 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted   

1551  On this day in history aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) on this day in history.   

1564  Battle on Gotland Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history battle on Gotland: Lubeck & Denmark beat Sweden   

1564  Battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden on May - 31.   

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.   

1594  Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on May - 31.   

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on May - 31.   

1621  Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night on May - 31.   

1634  US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history marin Marias, composer   

1659  Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague on May - 31.   

1664  Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal on May - 31.   

1665  Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah on May - 31.   

1665  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

1669  On this day in history citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.   

1674  On this day in history friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer   

1678  Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes on May - 31.   

1678  Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes on May - 31.   

1696  John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius on May - 31.   

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1443  On this day in history birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.   

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on May - 31.   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  On May - 31 death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)