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 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 July - 31 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  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 July - 31.  

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

1451  Jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France on July - 31.  

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

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

1550  On July - 31 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster  

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 this day in history.  

1588  English fleet beats Spanish Armada on July - 31.  

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

1653  On July - 31 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  On July - 31 aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor  

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  On July - 31 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 July - 31.  

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) on July - 31.  

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 this day in history.