Historical Events In October - 31

0802  On October - 31 empress Irene of Byzantium driven out   

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

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

1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet on October - 31.   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) on October - 31.   

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

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

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 October - 31 michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel   

1541  On this day in history hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1552  Emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz on this day in history.   

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 October - 31 english/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"   

1617  Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies on this day in history.   

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) on this day in history.   

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

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

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.   

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

1661  Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on October - 31.   

1664  On October - 31 willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51   

1705  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) on October - 31.   

1723  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on October - 31.   

1740  On this day in history william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)   

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 October - 31.   

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

1757  Ignaz Spangler, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On October - 31 earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred   

1761  Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary on this day in history.   

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.   

1345  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)   

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

1538  On October - 31 birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1634  On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.   

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on October - 31.   

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