Historical Events In July - 31

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

0768  On this day in history [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  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  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 July - 31 france's Philip I dies at the end of July at age 56 after a reign of nearly 48 years  

1291  On July - 31 egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine  

1358  On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

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

1423  Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant on this day in history.  

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon on July - 31.  

1451  Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France on this day in history.  

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

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) on this day in history.  

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

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  

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 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 this day in history.  

1653  On July - 31 fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux  

1654  On July - 31 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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on this day in history.  

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

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  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on July - 31.  

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

0855  On this day in history death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)  

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on this day in history.  

1396  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on this day in history.  

1508  On this day in history 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)