Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0335  St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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

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

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  On December - 31 coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China   

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

0870  Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on December - 31.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily   

1502  On this day in history cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino   

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

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) on December - 31.   

1564  On December - 31 willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

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

1604  On this day in history admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam   

1616  On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1621  On this day in history hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

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

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 this day in history france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

1670  On December - 31 france & England sign Boyne-treaty   

1673  Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.   

1680  On December - 31 amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens   

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

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

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 this day in history 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 December - 31.   

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

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

0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.   

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.