Historical Events In December - 31

0192  Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 31.   

0335  St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

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

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

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

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  Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China on this day in history.   

0870  On this day in history 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 December - 31.   

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

1382  On December - 31 daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

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

1424  Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on December - 31.   

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

1502  On this day in history cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino   

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

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

1564  Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1600  On December - 31 british East India Company chartered   

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  Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov on December - 31.   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1669  On this day in history france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

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

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

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

1687  1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

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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 December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.   

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

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

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.