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  Thessalonica is stormed by the Saracen corsair Leo of Tripoli, who plunders the town and carries off some 20,000 inhabitants as slaves on July - 31.  

0904  On this day in history saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica  

1099  On this day in history 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 this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

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

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1423  Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant on July - 31.  

1443  On this day in history albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon  

1451  On this day in history jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.  

1498  On this day in history christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad  

1527  On July - 31 maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)  

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

1556  On July - 31 ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65  

1566  On July - 31 bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92  

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  Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America on this day in history.  

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  Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux on July - 31.  

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  On July - 31 pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris  

1667  On July - 31 peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends  

1693  On July - 31 willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73  

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 July - 31.  

1718  On this day in history battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish  

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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 July - 31.  

1443  On July - 31 birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon  

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

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on July - 31.  

1578  On this day in history 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 July - 31.  

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 July - 31.  

1396  On July - 31 death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)  

1508  On this day in history death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)  

1556  On July - 31 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  

1648  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

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