Page 2: Historical Events In July - 31

1737  Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court on July - 31.   

1741  On this day in history charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.   

1743  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist on July - 31.   

1748  Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist on July - 31.   

1750  On July - 31 johan V, King of Portugal, dies   

1751  On July - 31 fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses   

1763  On July - 31 james Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies   

1767  Amelie Julia Candielle, composer on this day in history.   

1771  On July - 31 paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam   

1774  On July - 31 joseph Priestley discovers oxygen   

1777  On this day in history marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army   

1784  On July - 31 denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies   

1790  On July - 31 the first US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process   

1790  On July - 31 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process   

1790  On July - 31 johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48   

1792  Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila on this day in history.   

1794  On July - 31 all Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem   

1795  On this day in history jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54   

1803  On this day in history john Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor   

1808  Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer on this day in history.   

1809  The first practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila on July - 31.   

1809  1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila on this day in history.   

1811  On July - 31 miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh, NY on July - 31.   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh NY on July - 31.   

1815  Commodore Stephen Decatur concludes agreement with Bey of Tunis to compensate U.S. for seizure of merchant ships during the War of 1812 on July - 31.   

1816  George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 on July - 31.   

1817  On July - 31 philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894   

1818  On July - 31 heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer   

1825  On July - 31 thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1828  Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) on July - 31.   

1830  Charles X of France resigns by force on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer   

1834  On July - 31 peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish)   

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on July - 31.   

1396  On July - 31 birth of philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count   

1443  On this day in history birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On July - 31 birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

1578  On this day in history birth of catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1597  On this day in history birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  On July - 31 birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)   

0855  On this day in history death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)   

1358  On this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies   

1396  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on July - 31.   

1508  On this day in history death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)   

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

1648  On July - 31 benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  On this day in history death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)