Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 31.   

0335  St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz on December - 31.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

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 December - 31.   

0870  On this day in history england's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire   

0870  On this day in history skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army   

1229  James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca on this day in history.   

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

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

1384  On this day in history john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies   

1424  On this day in history thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1492  100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily on December - 31.   

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

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

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

1564  On this day in history willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion   

1583  On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1600  British East India Company chartered on this day in history.   

1604  Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam on December - 31.   

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

1621  Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov on this day in history.   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

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

1668  On this day in history hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

1669  France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

1670  France & England sign Boyne-treaty on December - 31.   

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

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on this day in history.   

1687  1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope on December - 31.   

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

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

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.   

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

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  On December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

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

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

1164  On this day in history 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 December - 31.   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)