Template:On this day/31 August
- 1314 – Keeng Haakon V o Norawa muives the caopital frae Bergen tae Oslo.
- 1895 – German Coont Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon. (picturt)
- 1949 – The retreat o the Democratic Airmy o Greece in Albanie efter its defeat on Gramos muntain merks the end o the Greek Ceevil War.
- 1997 – Diana, Princess o Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed an driver Henri Paul dee in a caur crash in Paris.
- 2006 – Edvard Munch's famous pentin The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is rekivert in a raid bi Norse polis.
Caligula (b. 12 AD) · Henry V o Ingland (d. 1422) · Diana, Princess o Wales (d. 1997)