Historical Events In July - 31

0432  On this day in history st Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  On July - 31 [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  Thessalonica is stormed by the Saracen corsair Leo of Tripoli, who plunders the town and carries off some 20,000 inhabitants as slaves on this day in history.   

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

1099  On July - 31 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  On July - 31 france's Philip I dies at the end of July at age 56 after a reign of nearly 48 years   

1291  Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine on July - 31.   

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

1396  On this day in history philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count   

1423  On July - 31 hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant   

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

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 July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

1578  On this day in history 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  Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America on this day in history.   

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

1648  On this day in history 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  On this day in history russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.   

1658  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1703  On July - 31 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 July - 31 gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)   

1718  Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1550  On this day in history birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

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

0855  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on July - 31.   

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

1396  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

1508  On July - 31 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  On this day in history bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

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

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on this day in history.