Historical Events In December - 31

0192  Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

0335  On December - 31 st Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0335  St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  On this day in history 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz   

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

0535  Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year on December - 31.   

0765  Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China on this day in history.   

0870  England's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire on December - 31.   

0870  Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.   

1229  On December - 31 james I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca.   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) on December - 31.   

1382  On December - 31 daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.   

1424  On December - 31 thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1492  100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily on this day in history.   

1502  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino on this day in history.   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) on December - 31.   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) on this day in history.   

1564  Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on this day in history.   

1583  On December - 31 thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1600  On this day in history british East India Company chartered   

1604  On December - 31 admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.   

1621  On December - 31 hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.   

1652  On this day in history frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

1660  James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France on December - 31.   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist on this day in history.   

1669  On December - 31 france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

1670  On this day in history france & England sign Boyne-treaty   

1673  On December - 31 oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on December - 31.   

1687  1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.   

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.   

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)