Historical Events In May - 31

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  

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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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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  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.  

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 michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer  

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

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

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

1410  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)  

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.