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  On this day in history st. Silvester, Pope   

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  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

0535  On this day in history byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.   

0765  On this day in history coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1502  On December - 31 cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1669  France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on December - 31.   

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

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

1680  On this day in history amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

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

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 this day in history.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on this day in history.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

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