Page 2: Historical Events In July - 31

1737  Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court on July - 31.   

1741  Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia on this day in history.   

1743  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist on July - 31.   

1748  On this day in history isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist   

1750  Johan V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses   

1763  James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies on July - 31.   

1767  On July - 31 amelie Julia Candielle, composer   

1771  Paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam on July - 31.   

1774  Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

1777  Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army on July - 31.   

1784  Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies on this day in history.   

1790  On July - 31 the first US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process   

1790  On this day in history 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process   

1790  Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 on July - 31.   

1792  Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila on this day in history.   

1794  On July - 31 all Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem   

1795  On this day in history jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54   

1803  John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor on July - 31.   

1808  On July - 31 frederick Nichols Crouch, composer   

1809  On July - 31 the first practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila   

1809  On July - 31 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila   

1811  On this day in history miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh, NY on July - 31.   

1813  On July - 31 british invade Plattsburgh NY   

1815  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1817  Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1818  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer on July - 31.   

1825  Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on July - 31.   

1828  On July - 31 francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin)   

1830  On July - 31 charles X of France resigns by force   

1830  On this day in history frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer   

1834  Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish) on this day in history.   

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on this day in history.   

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

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

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

1550  On July - 31 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  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  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on July - 31.   

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on this day in history.   

1396  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

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

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on this day in history.