Historical Events In July - 31
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0432 St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 31.
0768 [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1099 On this day in history 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
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 July - 31.
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 July - 31 hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant
1443 Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon on July - 31.
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 this day in history maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)
1550 Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster on July - 31.
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 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 Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized on July - 31.
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 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 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor on this day in history.
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 On this day in history willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
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 this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
1718 On July - 31 battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
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