Historical Events In October - 31

0802  Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out on October - 31.  

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

1147  On this day in history 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  Coronation of British king Henry VII on October - 31.  

1517  On October - 31 luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation  

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

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1541  On this day in history hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer  

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

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

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

1632  On this day in history jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)  

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  Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on October - 31.  

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

1705  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) on October - 31.  

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

1740  On this day in history william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1744  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50 on October - 31.  

1750  On this day in history 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  On October - 31 earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred  

1761  On this day in history rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary  

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.  

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

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

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) was born on October - 31.  

1622  On October - 31 birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)  

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.  

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

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

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.  

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on October - 31.  

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on this day in history.