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Historical Events In July - 31
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
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 July - 31 the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
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 Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1291 On this day in history egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine
1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31.
1396 On July - 31 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1527 Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) on this day in history.
1550 Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster on July - 31.
1556 Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on this day in history.
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 On July - 31 english fleet beats Spanish Armada
1597 On July - 31 sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized
1620 Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America on July - 31.
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 Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux on July - 31.
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 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor on July - 31.
1664 On July - 31 pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris
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 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 On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
1718 On July - 31 battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
