Historical Events In July - 31

0432  St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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

0781  On this day in history the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).  

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

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 this day in history.  

1108  France's Philip I dies at the end of July at age 56 after a reign of nearly 48 years on this day in history.  

1291  On this day in history egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine  

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

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

1423  On this day in history hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant  

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

1451  Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France on this day in history.  

1498  Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad on July - 31.  

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

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

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

1566  On July - 31 bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92  

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

1588  On July - 31 english fleet beats Spanish Armada  

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

1620  Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America on July - 31.  

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer on July - 31.  

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

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

1654  On this day in history jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat  

1655  Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years on July - 31.  

1658  Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor on this day in history.  

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

1667  Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends on July - 31.  

1693  On July - 31 willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73  

1703  On July - 31 daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.  

1704  Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish  

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

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on July - 31.  

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

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  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on this day in history.  

1358  On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

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

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

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

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  On July - 31 death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)