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 this day in history.   

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

1223  On this day in history mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River   

1246  Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1417  Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen on this day in history.   

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 May - 31 emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League   

1504  On this day in history engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies   

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

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

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on this day in history.   

1557  On May - 31 theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

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

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

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

1567  On May - 31 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  On this day in history willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59   

1621  Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night on this day in history.   

1634  On May - 31 uS colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony   

1656  Marin Marias, composer on May - 31.   

1659  On this day in history 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 May - 31.   

1674  On May - 31 friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer   

1678  On May - 31 lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes   

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

1696  On this day in history john Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On May - 31 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 May - 31.   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.   

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

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.   

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