Historical Events In May - 31

0070  Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem on May - 31.  

0455  On this day in history petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched  

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

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.  

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

1246  On May - 31 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  On May - 31 erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal  

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

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1504  On this day in history engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies  

1531  "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam wool house in churchyard aborted on May - 31.  

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

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on May - 31.  

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) on May - 31.  

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

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

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

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on May - 31.  

1578  Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London on May - 31.  

1594  Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1621  On May - 31 sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night  

1634  US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony on May - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1665  Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1674  Friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer on this day in history.  

1678  On this day in history lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes  

1678  On May - 31 lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes  

1696  On May - 31 john Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius  

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.  

1469  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration  

1472  On May - 31 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 May - 31.  

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.  

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

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies  

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

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.  

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)