Historical Events In December - 31

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

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

0335  St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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

0406  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

0765  On December - 31 coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China   

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

0870  Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.   

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 December - 31 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on December - 31.   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.   

1424  Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 31.   

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  On December - 31 british East India Company chartered   

1604  Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam on this day in history.   

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 December - 31.   

1647  On December - 31 giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1652  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

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

1673  Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on December - 31.   

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

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

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0695  On December - 31 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  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.   

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

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

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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

0192  On December - 31 death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

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

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

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

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

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

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