Page 3: Historical Events In July - 31

1837  On July - 31 william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

1841  On July - 31 george Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer   

1844  On this day in history ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist   

1847  Ignatio Cervantes, composer on July - 31.   

1848  On July - 31 jean Robert Planquette, France, composer (Bells of Corneville)   

1849  On this day in history benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon   

1852  On this day in history hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4°F (20.2°C) avg)   

1854  Jose Canalejas contributes Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12) on July - 31.   

1855  On this day in history hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg)   

1856  On July - 31 christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.   

1861  On July - 31 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record   

1864  Ulysses S Grant is named General of Volunteers on this day in history.   

1864  Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64 on July - 31.   

1865  East India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan on July - 31.   

1865  On this day in history the first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia.   

1872  On July - 31 c H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild   

1874  On this day in history commissioning of USS Intrepid, first U.S. warship equipped with torpedoes   

1874  On this day in history patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U   

1875  Harry Northrup, Paris France, actor (Who's That Knocking at My Door) on July - 31.   

1875  Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66 on July - 31.   

1876  On July - 31 uS Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)   

1882  On July - 31 grete Gulbransson, writer   

1884  Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig), "July 20th Plot",,18860731::"Constant Permeke, Flemish painter/statues artist (Sow) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74   

1889  Donald Foster, PA, actor (Scaramouche) on this day in history.   

1891  Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77 on July - 31.   

1893  Henry Perky patents shredded wheat on this day in history.   

1893  Charles Wilfred Orr, composer on this day in history.   

1894  On July - 31 roy Bargy, Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show)   

1899  On July - 31 albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's   

1900  On this day in history boer Generals Prinsloo & Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin   

1900  On July - 31 elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll)   

1901  On July - 31 abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands   

1901  Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages) on July - 31.   

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on this day in history.   

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

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

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

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  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on July - 31.   

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.