Historical Events In July - 31

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

0768  [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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 July - 31.  

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

1099  On July - 31 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  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 July - 31 egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine  

1358  On this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

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

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

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

1451  Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France on July - 31.  

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

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

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

1556  On July - 31 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 July - 31.  

1588  On July - 31 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  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on July - 31.  

1653  Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux on this day in history.  

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

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

1667  On July - 31 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  On this day in history 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  Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish on this day in history.  

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

1396  On this day in history 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  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on July - 31.  

1358  On this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

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

1508  On July - 31 death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)  

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

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

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)