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 this day in history.  

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

1223  Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River on this day in history.  

1246  On May - 31 isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England  

1417  On May - 31 jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1567  On May - 31 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 this day in history tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75  

1620  On May - 31 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 this day in history.  

1656  Marin Marias, composer on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague  

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

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

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

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

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

1696  On this day in history 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  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal  

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

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

1613  On this day in history birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)  

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

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

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

1349  On May - 31 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)