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 October - 31 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  On October - 31 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   

1541  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

1552  Emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz on October - 31.   

1556  On this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1587  Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575 on October - 31.   

1596  English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" on October - 31.   

1617  Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies on October - 31.   

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

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

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

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

1664  On this day in history 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 October - 31 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81   

1740  On October - 31 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  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist on this day in history.   

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 October - 31 birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

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

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

1538  On this day in history birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)   

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

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

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 October - 31.   

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

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

1517  On October - 31 death of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)   

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

1634  On this day in history erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

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.   

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on October - 31.