Historical Events In May - 31

0070  Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem on May - 31.   

0455  On this day in history petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1223  On May - 31 mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River   

1246  On May - 31 isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1417  Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen on May - 31.   

1469  On this day in history manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On this day in history erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1495  On this day in history emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League   

1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on this day in history.   

1531  "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam wool house in churchyard aborted on May - 31.   

1531  On this day in history "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted   

1551  On this day in history aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies   

1557  On this day in history theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1564  On this day in history battle on Gotland Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden   

1564  Battle on Gotland: Lubeck & Denmark beat Sweden on this day in history.   

1564  On May - 31 battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden   

1567  On this day in history pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies   

1578  Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London on May - 31.   

1594  On May - 31 tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75   

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on May - 31.   

1621  Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night on May - 31.   

1634  On this day in history uS colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony   

1656  Marin Marias, composer on May - 31.   

1659  On May - 31 netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague   

1664  Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal on this day in history.   

1665  Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah on this day in history.   

1665  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

1669  Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer   

1678  Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes on this day in history.   

1678  Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes on May - 31.   

1696  John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius on this day in history.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.   

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

1246  On May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.