Page 2: Historical Events In July - 31

1737  Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1767  On July - 31 amelie Julia Candielle, composer   

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

1774  Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen on July - 31.   

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

1784  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem on July - 31.   

1795  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on July - 31.   

1803  John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1811  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish on July - 31.   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh, NY on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history british invade Plattsburgh NY   

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  On July - 31 george Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870   

1817  Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1818  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer on this day in history.   

1825  Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on July - 31.   

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

1830  On July - 31 charles X of France resigns by force   

1830  Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer on this day in history.   

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  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

1527  On July - 31 birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on July - 31.   

1578  On July - 31 birth of catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1597  On July - 31 birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

1396  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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

1556  On July - 31 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 July - 31 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 this day in history.