Historical Events In July - 31

0432  St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

1396  On July - 31 philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count  

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

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  Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad on this day in history.  

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

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

1556  On this day in history ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65  

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

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange on July - 31.  

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

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized on July - 31.  

1620  On July - 31 pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America  

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer on July - 31.  

1648  On this day in history 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 July - 31.  

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  On July - 31 aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor  

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

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

1693  On July - 31 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 July - 31.  

1718  Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish on July - 31.  

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 31.  

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

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

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

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

1598  On this day in history birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)  

0855  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on July - 31.  

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

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 July - 31.  

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

1648  On this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60  

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