Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  On this day in history st Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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

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

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 December - 31.   

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

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  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 December - 31 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily   

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

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

1540  On this day in history silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1564  Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on December - 31.   

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

1600  British East India Company chartered on December - 31.   

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

1616  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

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

1647  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

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 December - 31 hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

1669  On this day in history france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

1670  France & England sign Boyne-treaty on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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.   

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

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