Historical Events In October - 31
Friday, 23 May 2025
0802 Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out on October - 31.
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 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 October - 31.
1541 On October - 31 michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel
1541 Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.
1552 Emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz on October - 31.
1556 On this day in history 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 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 The birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter on this day in history.
1632 On this day in history jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)
1634 Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.
1638 Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised on this day in history.
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
1661 Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on this day in history.
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 On October - 31 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81
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 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 Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred on October - 31.
1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary on October - 31.