July 31 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1737  Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court   

1741  Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.   

1743  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist   

1748  Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist.   

1750  Johan V, King of Portugal, dies   

1751  Fire in Stockholm destroys 1000 houses.   

1763  James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies.   

1767  Amelie Julia Candielle, composer   

1771  Paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam   

1774  Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen   

1777  Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army   

1784  Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies.   

1790  The inaugural US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process   

1790  1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process   

1790  Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48.   

1792  Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila.   

1794  All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem   

1795  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54   

1803  John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor   

1808  Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer   

1809  The inaugural practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila.   

1809  1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila.   

1811  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish.   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh, NY.   

1815  Commodore Stephen Decatur concludes agreement with Bey of Tunis to compensate U.S. for seizure of merchant ships during the War of 1812.   

1816  George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870   

1817  Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894   

1818  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer.   

1825  Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1828  Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin).   

1830  Charles X of France steps down by force   

1830  Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer.   

1834  Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish).   

1837  William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865.   

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1143  Emperor nijo of japan: Emperor nijo of japan (d. 1165)   

1396  Philips: The good, duke of burgundy//brabant/limburg/count   

1443  Albrecht iii of saxon-meisen: Duke of saxon   

1527  Maximilian ii: German king/emperor (1564-76)   

1550  Jakob handl: [petelin], austrian composer/bandmaster   

1578  Catharina belgica of nassau: Daughter of willem of orange   

1597  Sebastian stosskopf: Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  Alessandro algardi: Italian sculptor and architect   

0855  Imam ahmad ibn hanbal: Muslim jurisprudent (b. 780)   

1358  Etienne marcel: French textile merchant/reformer/boer leader,   

1396  William courtenay: Archbishop of canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  Na'od: Emperor of ethiopia (b. 1494)   

1556  Ignatius loyola: Spanish founder (jesuit),   

1566  Bartholome de casas: Spanish historian/bishop of chiapa,   

1648  Death of Benedictus j van haeften: Poet (regia thru crucis),   

1653  Death of Thomas dudley: Governor of massachusetts bay colony (b. 1576)