Historical Events In July - 31
Thursday, 19 June 2025
0432 On July - 31 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
0904 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 On July - 31 hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant
1443 Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon on this day in history.
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 July - 31 maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)
1550 On July - 31 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster
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.
1578 Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange on this day in history.
1588 English fleet beats Spanish Armada on this day in history.
1597 On July - 31 sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized
1620 On this day in history pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America
1629 On this day in history johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer
1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on this day in history.
1653 On this day in history fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux
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 Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris on July - 31.
1667 Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends on July - 31.
1693 On this day in history willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
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 On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish on July - 31.
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