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 July - 31 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon on this day in history.  

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

1498  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on July - 31.  

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

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

1588  On July - 31 english fleet beats Spanish Armada  

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

1620  On this day in history pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America  

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer on this day in history.  

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

1653  On this day in history fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux  

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 this day in history.  

1658  On July - 31 aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor  

1664  On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris  

1667  On July - 31 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  On July - 31 gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)  

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 this day in history.  

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 July - 31.  

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on July - 31.  

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 July - 31.  

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

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

1508  On July - 31 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 July - 31 bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92  

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

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on July - 31.