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

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

1417  Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen on May - 31.  

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

1472  On May - 31 erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal  

1495  Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League on this day in history.  

1504  On May - 31 engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies  

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

1531  "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted on this day in history.  

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1567  On this day in history pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies  

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

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

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 May - 31 giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal  

1665  On May - 31 jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah  

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

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

1696  On this day in history john Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius  

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1443  On May - 31 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)  

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

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, 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 this day in history.  

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

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies  

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

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.  

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 this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)