Page 2: Historical Events In July - 31

1737  On July - 31 prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court   

1741  Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia on July - 31.   

1743  On July - 31 august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist   

1748  On this day in history isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist   

1750  On July - 31 johan V, King of Portugal, dies   

1751  On July - 31 fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses   

1763  James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history amelie Julia Candielle, composer   

1771  Paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam on July - 31.   

1774  On this day in history joseph Priestley discovers oxygen   

1777  On July - 31 marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army   

1784  Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies on July - 31.   

1790  On July - 31 the first US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process   

1790  1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process on July - 31.   

1790  Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 on July - 31.   

1792  Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila on this day in history.   

1794  On July - 31 all Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem   

1795  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on July - 31.   

1803  John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor on this day in history.   

1808  On July - 31 frederick Nichols Crouch, composer   

1809  The first practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila on July - 31.   

1809  On this day in history 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila   

1811  On this day in history miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish   

1813  On July - 31 british invade Plattsburgh, NY   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh NY on this day in history.   

1815  Commodore Stephen Decatur concludes agreement with Bey of Tunis to compensate U.S. for seizure of merchant ships during the War of 1812 on this day in history.   

1816  George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 on this day in history.   

1817  Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 on July - 31.   

1818  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1828  On July - 31 francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin)   

1830  On July - 31 charles X of France resigns by force   

1830  On July - 31 frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer   

1834  Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish) on July - 31.   

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on July - 31.   

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

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 July - 31.   

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

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on this day in history.   

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 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.   

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

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on July - 31.