Historical Events In October - 31

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

0834  On this day in history 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 October - 31 philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet  

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) on October - 31.  

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary on October - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

1541  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel  

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

1552  On October - 31 emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz  

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

1587  On October - 31 leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.  

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 this day in history the birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter  

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

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.  

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  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  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) on this day in history.  

1723  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on October - 31.  

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 October - 31 leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet  

1755  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist on this day in history.  

1757  Ignaz Spangler, composer on this day in history.  

1759  Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred on this day in history.  

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  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  On October - 31 birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)  

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

1599  On this day in history birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)  

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 October - 31.  

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