Historical Events For July - 31

1737  On this day in history prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court  

1741  Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia on July - 31.  

1743  On this day in history august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist  

1748  On July - 31 isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist  

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

1751  Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history james Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies  

1767  On this day in history amelie Julia Candielle, composer  

1771  Paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1774  On July - 31 joseph Priestley discovers oxygen  

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1777  Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army on this day in history.  

1784  Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies on July - 31.  

1790  On this day in history the first US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process  

1790  1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process on this day in history.  

1790  On this day in history 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  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on July - 31.  

1803  On July - 31 john Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor  

1808  Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer on July - 31.  

1809  On this day in history the first practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila  

1809  On July - 31 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila  

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 this day in history.  

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

1816  George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history 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  On this day in history francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin)  

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 this day in history peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish)  

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1143  On July - 31 birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)  

1396  On this day in history birth of philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count  

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on July - 31.  

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on July - 31.  

1550  On this day in history birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster  

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on July - 31.  

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on July - 31.  

1598  On this day in history 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  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on this day in history.  

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

1508  On July - 31 death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)  

1556  On this day in history ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65  

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60  

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on July - 31.