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

1485  Coronation of British king Henry VII on this day in history.  

1517  Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation on October - 31.  

1541  Michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel on this day in history.  

1541  On October - 31 hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer  

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

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 this day in history english/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"  

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

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

1632  On October - 31 the birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter  

1632  On October - 31 jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)  

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

1638  On this day in history meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised  

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

1654  On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies  

1661  Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on October - 31.  

1664  On this day in history willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51  

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

1761  On October - 31 rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary  

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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 October - 31.  

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 October - 31.  

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on October - 31.  

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

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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