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  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 July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

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

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

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

1423  Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant on this day in history.   

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon on this day in history.   

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

1498  On July - 31 christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad   

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

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster 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.   

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

1588  English fleet beats Spanish Armada on July - 31.   

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

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

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

1654  On July - 31 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 this day in history.   

1658  On July - 31 aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor   

1664  Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1667  On July - 31 peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends   

1693  On July - 31 willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73   

1703  On this day in history daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.   

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 this day in history.   

1396  On July - 31 birth of philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count   

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On July - 31 birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)   

0855  On this day in history 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  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 July - 31 benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  On this day in history death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)