Historical Events In July - 31

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

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

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 this day in history.  

0904  Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 July - 31.  

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

1498  Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad on July - 31.  

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

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

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 July - 31.  

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

1588  English fleet beats Spanish Armada on this day in history.  

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

1620  Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America on July - 31.  

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer on this day in history.  

1648  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on July - 31.  

1653  On July - 31 fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux  

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  Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 on July - 31.  

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  On July - 31 gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)  

1718  Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish on July - 31.  

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on July - 31.  

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  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  On this day in history birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized  

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

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

1508  On July - 31 death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)  

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 July - 31.  

1648  On July - 31 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 this day in history.