Page 2: Historical Events In July - 31

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

1741  On July - 31 charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.   

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

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

1750  Johan V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history.   

1751  Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history james Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies   

1767  Amelie Julia Candielle, composer on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam   

1774  Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

1777  Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies   

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

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

1790  Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1794  All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem on July - 31.   

1795  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1803  On July - 31 john Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor   

1808  On this day in history frederick Nichols Crouch, composer   

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

1809  On July - 31 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila   

1811  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish on this day in history.   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh, NY on this day in history.   

1813  British invade Plattsburgh NY on this day in history.   

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

1816  On this day in history george Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870   

1817  On this day in history philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894   

1818  On this day in history heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer   

1825  On July - 31 thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1828  On this day in history francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin)   

1830  Charles X of France resigns by force on this day in history.   

1830  Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer on this day in history.   

1834  Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish) on this day in history.   

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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  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  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  On July - 31 birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on July - 31.   

0855  On July - 31 death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)   

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 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  On July - 31 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 July - 31.