Historical Events In December - 31

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

0335  On this day in history st Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0335  On this day in history st. Silvester, Pope   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

0870  England's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire on December - 31.   

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

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.   

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

1424  On this day in history thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

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

1502  On December - 31 cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino   

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

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

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

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

1600  British East India Company chartered on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam   

1616  On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1621  Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1652  On December - 31 frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

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

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

1669  France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on December - 31.   

1670  On this day in history france & England sign Boyne-treaty   

1673  On this day in history oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

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  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 this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

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  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1668  On December - 31 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  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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