466 Historic Events for December 31
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| 192 |
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Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31
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| 335 |
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St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 406 |
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80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz
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| 406 |
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Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle
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| 439 |
Death |
Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56
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| 765 |
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Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China
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| 870 |
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Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
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| 1378 |
Birth |
Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)
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| 1382 |
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Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan
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| 1384 |
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John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies
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| 1492 |
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100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily
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| 1502 |
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Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino
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| 1514 |
Birth |
Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)
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| 1540 |
Birth |
Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)
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| 1550 |
Birth |
Henri Guise [le Balafr‚], French duke/leader (Catholic League)
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| 1564 |
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Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion
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| 1583 |
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Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies
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| 1600 |
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British East India Company chartered
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| 1604 |
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Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam
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| 1616 |
Death |
Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31
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| 1621 |
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Hungarian King Bethlen G bor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov
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| 1647 |
Death |
Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies
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| 1652 |
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Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
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| 1659 |
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J nos Ap czai Csere, Hung theologist (Magyar Logik cska), dies at 34
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| 1668 |
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Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist
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