Historical Events In July - 31

0432  On this day in history st Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

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

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 July - 31.  

0904  Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica on July - 31.  

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  France's Philip I dies at the end of July at age 56 after a reign of nearly 48 years on July - 31.  

1291  Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine on July - 31.  

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31.  

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

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1423  Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant on this day in history.  

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

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

1498  On this day in history christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad  

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

1550  On July - 31 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster  

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.  

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

1588  English fleet beats Spanish Armada on this day in history.  

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

1620  Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America on this day in history.  

1629  On July - 31 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 this day in history.  

1654  Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat on this day in history.  

1655  On July - 31 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 this day in history.  

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

1693  Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 July - 31.  

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

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

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1143  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

0855  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on this day in history.  

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

1396  On July - 31 death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)  

1508  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) 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.  

1648  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on July - 31.  

1653  On July - 31 death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)