Historical Events In August - 31
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
0012 Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD) on August - 31.
0161 Lucius A A Coomodus, emperor of Rome (180-91) on this day in history.
0651 Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary on August - 31.
0683 Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque on August - 31.
1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty on this day in history.
1057 Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies on August - 31.
1142 On this day in history with the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker, the Iroquois tribes establish the Confederation of the Haudenosaunee.
1158 On August - 31 sancho III, King of Castile, dies
1218 On August - 31 al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies
1230 On August - 31 utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice
1310 German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia on this day in history.
1422 Henry VI, becomes King of England at the age of 9 months on this day in history.
1422 Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies on this day in history.
1535 Pope Paul II deposed & excommunicated King Henry VIII on this day in history.
1569 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India on this day in history.
1590 On this day in history floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies
1602 On this day in history amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik
1604 Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1616 Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 on August - 31.
1631 Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.
1638 John Ward, composer, dies at 67 on August - 31.
1663 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist on this day in history.
1667 On this day in history johann Rist, composer, dies at 60
1688 On this day in history death in London of John Bunyan, English author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
1688 On this day in history john Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies
1696 On this day in history johann Paul Kunzen, composer
1741 On August - 31 johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
1748 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer on August - 31.
1749 On August - 31 radistschew, writer
1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India on August - 31.
1755 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer on August - 31.
1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica on August - 31.
1775 On August - 31 francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer
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