Historical Events In October - 31
Monday, 18 March 2024
0802 Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out on this day in history.
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 On this day in history philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet
1345 On October - 31 ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)
1424 Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary on this day in history.
1448 On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies
1485 Coronation of British king Henry VII on this day in history.
1517 Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation on this day in history.
1541 On October - 31 michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel
1541 Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.
1552 On October - 31 emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz
1556 John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on October - 31.
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 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 October - 31 jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)
1634 Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1638 On this day in history meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised
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
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 Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) on this day in history.
1723 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on October - 31.
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 October - 31 leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet
1755 Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist on October - 31.
1757 Ignaz Spangler, composer on this day in history.
1759 Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred on October - 31.
1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary on this day in history.