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01/31/0314
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St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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01/31/0876
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Charles becomes king of Italy
Type: Event
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01/31/1504
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By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
Type: Event
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01/31/1517
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Gioseffo Zarlino, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1531
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Kings Ferdinand of Austria/J nos Z polyai of Hungary accept each other
Type: Event
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01/31/1560
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Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois
Type: Event
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01/31/1561
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Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
Type: Death
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01/31/1573
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Ambrosius Metzger, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1573
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Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1578
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Battle of Gembloers
Type: Event
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01/31/1580
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Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies
Type: Death
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01/31/1596
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Catholic League disjoins
Type: Event
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01/31/1601
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Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter
Type: Birth
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01/31/1606
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Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35
Type: Death
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01/31/1607
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James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
Type: Birth
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01/31/1609
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Wisselbank of Amsterdam established
Type: Event
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01/31/1612
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Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia
Type: Birth
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01/31/1614
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Nicolas Saboly, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1620
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Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief
Type: Birth
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01/31/1623
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Fran‡ois-Xavier de Laval
Type: Birth
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01/31/1627
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Spanish government goes bankrupt
Type: Event
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01/31/1633
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Nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1675
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Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
Type: Event
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01/31/1679
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Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bell‚rophon," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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01/31/1696
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Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)
Type: Event
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01/31/1734
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Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1734
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Robert Morris, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1741
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Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of K”ningsberg
Type: Birth
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01/31/1750
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Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1759
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Fran‡ois Devienne, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1778
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Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1779
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Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog
Type: Event
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01/31/1784
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Carl Wilhelm Henning, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1787
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Louis Angely, German, comedy writer (Sieben M„dchen in Uniform)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1788
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Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67
Type: Death
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01/31/1788
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Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50
Type: Death
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01/31/1788
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[Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67
Type: Death
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01/31/1797
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Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1798
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Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1802
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Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
Type: Birth
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01/31/1804
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British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Cura‡ao
Type: Event
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01/31/1804
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J¢zsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic
Type: Birth
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01/31/1810
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Daniel Ruggles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
Type: Birth
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01/31/1812
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John Randolph Tucker, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883
Type: Birth
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01/31/1813
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Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist
Type: Birth
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01/31/1817
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Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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01/31/1817
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Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1818
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William Raine Peck, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
Type: Birth
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01/31/1828
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Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
Type: Death
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01/31/1830
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James G Blaine, the "Plumed Knight"
Type: Birth
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