Historical Events In July - 31

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

0768  [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 31.   

0781  On this day in history the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).   

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

1451  On this day in history jacques CÅ“ur 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 this day in history 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   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange on July - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1629  On July - 31 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 this day in history.   

1654  Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat on July - 31.   

1655  Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years on July - 31.   

1658  Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor on July - 31.   

1664  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish   

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1143  On this day in history birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On July - 31 birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

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

0855  On July - 31 death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)   

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31.   

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

1508  On July - 31 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  On this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

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