Historical Events In July - 31

0432  St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 31.   

0768  On July - 31 [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0781  On July - 31 the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).   

0904  On this day in history thessalonica is stormed by the Saracen corsair Leo of Tripoli, who plunders the town and carries off some 20,000 inhabitants as slaves   

0904  On this day in history saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica   

1099  El Cid dies in July at age 59 after being defeated by the Almoravids at Cuenca His widow will hold Valencia against the Moors until 1102 on July - 31.   

1108  On July - 31 france's Philip I dies at the end of July at age 56 after a reign of nearly 48 years   

1291  Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine on this day in history.   

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on this day in history.   

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

1423  Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant on July - 31.   

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

1451  On this day in history jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.   

1498  On July - 31 christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad   

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

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

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 July - 31.   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history english fleet beats Spanish Armada   

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

1620  On July - 31 pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America   

1629  On this day in history johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer   

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

1653  Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux on July - 31.   

1654  Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat on July - 31.   

1655  On this day in history russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.   

1658  On this day in history aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor   

1664  Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris on July - 31.   

1667  On this day in history peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends   

1693  Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 on July - 31.   

1703  Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers on this day in history.   

1704  Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) on July - 31.   

1718  On July - 31 battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish   

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

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

1443  On July - 31 birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

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

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on this day in history.   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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

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 July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies   

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

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 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 this day in history.