Historical Events In July - 31

0432  St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0768  On this day in history [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 July - 31 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 July - 31.   

1291  On this day in history egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine   

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 this day in history.   

1443  On July - 31 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange on July - 31.   

1588  On this day in history english fleet beats Spanish Armada   

1597  On this day in history sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

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

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer on July - 31.   

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

1653  Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux on July - 31.   

1654  Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat on July - 31.   

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 July - 31 aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor   

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

1667  Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends on July - 31.   

1693  On July - 31 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 this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)   

1718  On this day in history battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish   

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

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

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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.