Historical Events In October - 31

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1485  On this day in history 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 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  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 October - 31.  

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

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

1632  On this day in history the birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter  

1632  Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer) on this day in history.  

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

1638  On October - 31 meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised  

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

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

1661  On this day in history mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies  

1664  Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51 on October - 31.  

1705  On October - 31 clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)  

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

1740  William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on October - 31.  

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

1750  On October - 31 leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet  

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

1757  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet  

1345  On October - 31 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 this day in history.  

1599  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  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)