Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0335  On this day in history st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz on December - 31.   

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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  Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1492  On December - 31 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily   

1502  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

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

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

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

1660  James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France on this day in history.   

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

1669  France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

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

1673  Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.   

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

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

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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  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.