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 this day in history robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)  

1291  On October - 31 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 October - 31.  

1448  On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1485  Coronation of British king Henry VII on October - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1552  On this day in history emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz  

1556  On October - 31 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  On October - 31 english/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"  

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 October - 31.  

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

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

1638  On October - 31 meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised  

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.  

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

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 October - 31 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50  

1750  Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet on this day in history.  

1755  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist on October - 31.  

1757  On this day in history ignaz Spangler, composer  

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

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on October - 31.  

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

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 this day in history death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)  

1448  On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1517  On this day in history 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  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  

1659  On October - 31 death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)