Historical Events In October - 31

0802  Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out on this day in history.   

0834  1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints on October - 31.   

1147  Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on October - 31.   

1291  On this day in history philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) on October - 31.   

1424  On October - 31 wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary   

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.   

1485  Coronation of British king Henry VII on October - 31.   

1517  On October - 31 luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation   

1541  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel   

1541  On October - 31 hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1552  On October - 31 emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz   

1556  On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1587  Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575 on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history english/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"   

1617  Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies on this day in history.   

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) on October - 31.   

1632  The birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)   

1634  On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

1638  On this day in history meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies   

1661  Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1664  Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1705  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) on this day in history.   

1723  On October - 31 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81   

1740  On this day in history william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1744  On October - 31 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50   

1750  On this day in history leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet   

1755  On this day in history jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist   

1757  On October - 31 ignaz Spangler, composer   

1759  Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred on October - 31.   

1761  Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary on October - 31.   

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on October - 31.   

1424  On this day in history birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary   

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on October - 31.   

1541  On October - 31 birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on October - 31.   

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on October - 31.   

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.   

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on this day in history.   

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on October - 31.   

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.   

1641  On October - 31 cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41   

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1659  On October - 31 death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)