Historical Events In July - 31

0432  On July - 31 st Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 31.   

0781  On July - 31 the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).   

0904  On July - 31 thessalonica is stormed by the Saracen corsair Leo of Tripoli, who plunders the town and carries off some 20,000 inhabitants as slaves   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 31 egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine   

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31.   

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

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

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

1451  On July - 31 jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.   

1498  Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

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  On July - 31 bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

1578  On this day in history catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1588  English fleet beats Spanish Armada on July - 31.   

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

1620  Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America on July - 31.   

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  Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat on July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

1658  On this day in history aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor   

1664  On July - 31 pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris   

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

1693  Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 on July - 31.   

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

1718  On July - 31 battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish   

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1143  On this day in history birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)   

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

1443  On this day in history birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

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

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on July - 31.   

1598  On July - 31 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 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 this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  On July - 31 death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)