Historical Events In May - 31

0070  On May - 31 rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  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  

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1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on May - 31.  

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

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  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  On May - 31 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 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  On May - 31 netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague  

1664  On May - 31 giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal  

1665  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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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 May - 31.  

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

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1640  Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.  

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

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

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

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

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

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)  

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.  

1410  On May - 31 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)