Historical Events In October - 31

0802  On October - 31 empress Irene of Byzantium driven out   

0834  On October - 31 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints   

1147  Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on October - 31.   

1291  On October - 31 philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

1345  On October - 31 ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)   

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary on this day in history.   

1448  On October - 31 johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1485  On October - 31 coronation of British king Henry VII   

1517  Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation on October - 31.   

1541  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel   

1541  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz   

1556  On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1587  On this day in history leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.   

1596  On this day in history english/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"   

1617  On October - 31 laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies   

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) on October - 31.   

1632  The birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter on October - 31.   

1632  On October - 31 jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)   

1634  On this day in history erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

1638  On October - 31 meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies   

1661  On October - 31 mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies   

1664  Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)   

1723  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81   

1740  William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on October - 31.   

1744  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1750  Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet on this day in history.   

1755  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist on October - 31.   

1757  On October - 31 ignaz Spangler, composer   

1759  On October - 31 earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred   

1761  On this day in history rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary   

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1291  On this day in history birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on this day in history.   

1424  On October - 31 birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary   

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on this day in history.   

1541  On October - 31 birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on October - 31.   

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on October - 31.   

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.   

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on October - 31.   

1556  On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1634  On this day in history erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies   

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on this day in history.