On August 31, history records 42 notable events, 216 famous births and 95 deaths, spanning the years 1056 to 1864.
Events on this day include: After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. (1056); Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year. (1057).
Notable people born on August 31 include Commodus (161), Jeongjong, 10th Monarch of Goryeo (1018), Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (1168).
Notable figures who died on this day include Liu Cong (Han Zhao) (318), John Scholasticus (577), Aidan of Lindisfarne (651).
Events on 31 August 42
See all →After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
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Birthdays on 31 August 216
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