Historical Events In July - 31

0432  On this day in history st Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0768  On July - 31 [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 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 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 July - 31.  

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  On this day in history egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine  

1358  On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

1396  On this day in history 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 July - 31 albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon  

1451  On July - 31 jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.  

1498  Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad on this day in history.  

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

1550  On July - 31 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster  

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

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on July - 31.  

1578  On July - 31 catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange  

1588  English fleet beats Spanish Armada on July - 31.  

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  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 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 this day in history aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor  

1664  Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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

1693  Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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  

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

1396  On this day in history birth of philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count  

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

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

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 July - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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 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  

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)