Historical Events In July - 31

0432  St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0768  On this day in history [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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 July - 31.   

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 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 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 July - 31.   

1451  Jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France on July - 31.   

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

1527  On this day in history maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

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

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  On July - 31 catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1588  On July - 31 english fleet beats Spanish Armada   

1597  On this day in history sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1620  On July - 31 pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America   

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer on July - 31.   

1648  On this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux on July - 31.   

1654  On July - 31 jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat   

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 this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history 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 July - 31 willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73   

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  Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) on July - 31.   

1718  Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish on this day in history.   

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1143  On July - 31 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  On this day in history birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

1550  On this day in history birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

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 this day in history.   

1598  On July - 31 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  On this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies   

1396  On this day in history death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) 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.   

1648  On July - 31 benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  On July - 31 death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)