Historical Events In October - 31

0802  Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out on October - 31.   

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

1147  On this day in history robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)   

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  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary on October - 31.   

1448  On October - 31 johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1485  On October - 31 coronation of British king Henry VII   

1517  On this day in history luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation   

1541  On October - 31 michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel   

1541  On this day in history hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1552  Emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz on this day in history.   

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1587  On October - 31 leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.   

1596  English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies   

1620  On October - 31 john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

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

1632  Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer) on October - 31.   

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1638  Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised on October - 31.   

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

1654  On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies   

1661  On October - 31 mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies   

1664  On October - 31 willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51   

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

1723  On this day in history 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 this day in history leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50   

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

1755  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1345  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)   

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

1538  On October - 31 birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)   

1541  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer was born on October - 31.   

1599  On this day in history birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)   

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

1622  On October - 31 birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)   

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  On this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

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

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

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

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