Historical Events In October - 31
Saturday, 08 February 2025
0802 On this day in history empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
0834 On October - 31 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints
1147 On this day in history robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)
1291 On October - 31 philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet
1345 On October - 31 ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)
1424 On this day in history wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary
1448 Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.
1485 On October - 31 coronation of British king Henry VII
1517 Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation on this day in history.
1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel on this day in history.
1541 Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.
1552 On October - 31 emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz
1556 On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50
1587 Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575 on this day in history.
1596 On October - 31 english/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"
1617 On this day in history laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies
1620 On October - 31 john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)
1632 The birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter on October - 31.
1632 Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer) on October - 31.
1634 Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1638 Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised on October - 31.
1641 On this day in history cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41
1654 Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on this day in history.
1661 On this day in history mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
1664 On this day in history willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51
1705 On this day in history clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)
1723 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on October - 31.
1740 On October - 31 william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1744 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50 on October - 31.
1750 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet on October - 31.
1755 On October - 31 jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist
1757 On October - 31 ignaz Spangler, composer
1759 On this day in history earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred
1761 On this day in history rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary