Historical Events In July - 31

0432  On July - 31 st Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

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

0904  Thessalonica is stormed by the Saracen corsair Leo of Tripoli, who plunders the town and carries off some 20,000 inhabitants as slaves on July - 31.   

0904  Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica on this day in history.   

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  On July - 31 egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine   

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

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count on this day in history.   

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

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

1451  On July - 31 jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.   

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

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

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

1556  On this day in history ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65   

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on July - 31.   

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

1588  On July - 31 english fleet beats Spanish Armada   

1597  On July - 31 sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1620  On this day in history pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America   

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1654  On this day in history jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat   

1655  Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years on July - 31.   

1658  On this day in history 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  Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)   

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

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1556  On July - 31 ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65   

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on July - 31.   

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.