Historical Events In December - 31

0192  On this day in history lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  On December - 31 st Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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

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   

0535  On December - 31 byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.   

0765  On this day in history coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China   

0870  On December - 31 england's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire   

0870  On December - 31 skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army   

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 December - 31.   

1378  On December - 31 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

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

1384  On December - 31 john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies   

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  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino on December - 31.   

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

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

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

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1600  On December - 31 british East India Company chartered   

1604  On December - 31 admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam   

1616  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1621  Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov on December - 31.   

1647  On December - 31 giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1652  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on December - 31.   

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

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1540  On December - 31 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  On this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

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

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

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

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)