Historical Events In May - 31

0070  On this day in history rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem  

0455  On May - 31 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.  

1223  Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River on May - 31.  

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

1417  On this day in history 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  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 May - 31.  

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  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 May - 31 battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden  

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  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 May - 31.  

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

1656  On this day in history marin Marias, composer  

1659  Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague on May - 31.  

1664  On this day in history giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal  

1665  Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah on May - 31.  

1665  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67  

1669  On May - 31 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 May - 31.  

1469  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration  

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

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

1557  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)  

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

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

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer  

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

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.  

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies  

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.  

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

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)  

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)