Historical Events In May - 31
Sunday, 18 April 2021
0070 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem on this day in history.
0455 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 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 Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.
1417 Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen on this day in history.
1469 On this day in history 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 On this day in history emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League
1504 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on May - 31.
1531 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam wool house in churchyard aborted on May - 31.
1531 On May - 31 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted
1551 Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on May - 31.
1557 On May - 31 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 May - 31.
1564 Battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden on May - 31.
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 On this day in history willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59
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 May - 31.
1656 On May - 31 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 On this day in history jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah
1665 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1678 On this day in history 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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