Historical Events In October - 31
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0802 On this day in history empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
0834 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints on this day in history.
1147 On October - 31 robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)
1291 On October - 31 philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet
1345 Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) on this day in history.
1424 On October - 31 wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary
1448 On October - 31 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 Michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel on October - 31.
1541 Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on October - 31.
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 On this day in history 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 October - 31 laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies
1620 On this day in history 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 October - 31.
1634 On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62
1638 On October - 31 meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised
1641 Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.
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 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 On this day in history 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 On October - 31 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50
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 Ignaz Spangler, composer on this day in history.
1759 On October - 31 earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred
1761 On this day in history rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary