Historical Events In July - 31
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1837 On July - 31 william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1841 On this day in history george Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer
1844 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist on July - 31.
1847 On this day in history ignatio Cervantes, composer
1848 Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer (Bells of Corneville) on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon
1852 On July - 31 hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4°F (20.2°C) avg)
1854 On July - 31 jose Canalejas contributes Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12)
1855 On this day in history hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg)
1856 On this day in history christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
1861 On July - 31 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record
1864 Ulysses S Grant is named General of Volunteers on July - 31.
1864 On July - 31 louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64
1865 On this day in history east India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan.
1865 The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia on July - 31.
1872 C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history commissioning of USS Intrepid, first U.S. warship equipped with torpedoes
1874 On July - 31 patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U
1875 Harry Northrup, Paris France, actor (Who's That Knocking at My Door) on July - 31.
1875 On this day in history andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
1876 On July - 31 uS Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)
1882 On this day in history grete Gulbransson, writer
1884 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig), "July 20th Plot",,18860731::"Constant Permeke, Flemish painter/statues artist (Sow) on this day in history.
1886 Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74 on July - 31.
1889 On July - 31 donald Foster, PA, actor (Scaramouche)
1891 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77 on July - 31.
1893 On this day in history henry Perky patents shredded wheat
1893 On this day in history charles Wilfred Orr, composer
1894 Roy Bargy, Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show) on this day in history.
1899 Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history boer Generals Prinsloo & Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin
1900 Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll) on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands
1901 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages) on this day in history.
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