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 May - 31.   

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

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal on this day in history.   

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

1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on May - 31.   

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 this day in history tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75   

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on May - 31.   

1621  On May - 31 sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night   

1634  On May - 31 uS colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony   

1656  Marin Marias, composer on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

1669  On this day in history citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.   

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

1696  John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius on May - 31.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1557  On this day in history 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  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

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

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

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

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

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

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)