Historical Events Happened In July - 31

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

1741  Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia on this day in history.  Share it »

1743  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist on this day in history.  Share it »

1748  Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist on this day in history.  Share it »

1750  On this day in history johan V, King of Portugal, dies  Share it »

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

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

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

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

1774  On this day in history joseph Priestley discovers oxygen  Share it »

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

1784  Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1790  The first US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1790  On this day in history johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48  Share it »

1792  On this day in history cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila  Share it »

1794  All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem on this day in history.  Share it »

1795  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

1811  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1813  British invade Plattsburgh NY on this day in history.  Share it »

1815  On this day in history commodore Stephen Decatur concludes agreement with Bey of Tunis to compensate U.S. for seizure of merchant ships during the War of 1812.  Share it »

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

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

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

1825  Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.  Share it »

1828  Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) on this day in history.  Share it »

1830  On this day in history charles X of France resigns by force  Share it »

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

1834  Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish) on this day in history.  Share it »

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1143  On this day in history birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)  Share it »

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1527  On this day in history birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)  Share it »

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

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

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1598  On this day in history birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)  Share it »

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

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

1396  On this day in history death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)  Share it »

1508  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1648  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on this day in history.  Share it »

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