Historical Events In October - 31

0802  On this day in history empress Irene of Byzantium driven out  

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

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

1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet on this day in history.  

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) on this day in history.  

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

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

1485  On October - 31 coronation of British king Henry VII  

1517  Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation on October - 31.  

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

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1541  On October - 31 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  Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575 on this day in history.  

1596  On October - 31 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  On this day in history john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)  

1632  On October - 31 the birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter  

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

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

1638  Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)  

1723  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1740  William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.  

1744  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

1755  On October - 31 jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist  

1757  Ignaz Spangler, composer on this day in history.  

1759  On this day in history earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred  

1761  Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary on this day in history.  

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on this day in history.  

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

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1599  On October - 31 birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)  

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

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on October - 31.  

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 this day in history death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)