Historical Events In July - 31
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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 this day in history.
0781 The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781) on this day in history.
0904 On this day in history thessalonica is stormed by the Saracen corsair Leo of Tripoli, who plunders the town and carries off some 20,000 inhabitants as slaves
0904 On July - 31 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 July - 31.
1291 On this day in history 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 Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count on this day in history.
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 On July - 31 jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
1498 On this day in history christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
1527 Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) on this day in history.
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 On July - 31 catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange
1588 On this day in history english fleet beats Spanish Armada
1597 Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized on July - 31.
1620 On July - 31 pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America
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 On July - 31 fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux
1654 Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat on this day in history.
1655 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) on July - 31.
1718 On July - 31 battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
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