Historical Events In May - 31

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

0455  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  

1223  On May - 31 mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River  

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  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 May - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

1531  On this day in history "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 this day in history.  

1564  On May - 31 battle on Gotland Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden  

1564  Battle on Gotland: Lubeck & Denmark beat Sweden on this day in history.  

1564  On May - 31 battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden  

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.  

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  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  Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal on May - 31.  

1665  On this day in history 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 May - 31 friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer  

1678  Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes on May - 31.  

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 this day in history birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)  

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration  

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  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)  

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

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.  

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.