Historical Events In December - 31

0192  On December - 31 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  80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz 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.   

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

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 December - 31.   

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

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

1583  On December - 31 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  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.   

1621  On December - 31 hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

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

1670  On this day in history france & England sign Boyne-treaty   

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

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

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

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

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  On this day in history 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  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 December - 31.   

0335  On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope   

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

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 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 this day in history.