Historical Events In May - 31

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

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  Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River on May - 31.  

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

1417  Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen on this day in history.  

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1551  On May - 31 aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies  

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

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

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

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 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  On May - 31 tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75  

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 this day in history.  

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

1656  Marin Marias, composer on this day in history.  

1659  Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague on this day in history.  

1664  On this day in history giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal  

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  Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary on May - 31.  

1674  Friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer on May - 31.  

1678  Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes on this day in history.  

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

1696  John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1557  On May - 31 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  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1640  On May - 31 birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

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

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.  

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.  

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  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)  

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)  

1410  On May - 31 death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)  

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.