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

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count on July - 31.   

1423  On this day in history hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant   

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

1451  Jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France on this day in history.   

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

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) on this day in history.   

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster on July - 31.   

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1566  On July - 31 bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange on this day in history.   

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

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized on July - 31.   

1620  On July - 31 pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America   

1629  On July - 31 johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer   

1648  On July - 31 benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  On this day in history fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux   

1654  Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history 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 July - 31 aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor   

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  On this day in history willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73   

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 July - 31.   

1704  Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) on this day in history.   

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

1443  On July - 31 birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

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

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on July - 31.   

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

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 July - 31.   

0855  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on this day in history.   

1358  On this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies   

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

1566  On July - 31 bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

1648  On this day in history 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)