Historical Events In July - 31
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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