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 July - 31.   

0781  The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781) on this day in history.   

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  Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica on July - 31.   

1099  On this day in history 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   

1108  France's Philip I dies at the end of July at age 56 after a reign of nearly 48 years on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

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

1423  Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant on July - 31.   

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  On July - 31 christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1648  On this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  On July - 31 fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux   

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

1655  On July - 31 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  Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor on July - 31.   

1664  On July - 31 pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris   

1667  Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends on this day in history.   

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 this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)   

1718  Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish on this day in history.   

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1143  On July - 31 birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)   

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 July - 31 birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on July - 31.   

0855  On July - 31 death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)   

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

1396  On this day in history death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) 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   

1648  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1653  On July - 31 death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)