380 Historic Events for July 31
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| 432 |
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St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 768 |
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[Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 904 |
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Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies and plunders Thessalonica
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| 1291 |
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Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine
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| 1358 |
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Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
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| 1396 |
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Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count
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| 1443 |
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Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon
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| 1498 |
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Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
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| 1527 |
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Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)
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| 1550 |
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Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster
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| 1556 |
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Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65
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| 1556 |
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St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome
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| 1566 |
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Bartholom‚ de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92
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| 1578 |
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Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange
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| 1588 |
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English fleet beats Spanish Armada
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| 1597 |
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Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized
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| 1617 |
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Nicol s Antonio, Spanish scholar (Censura de historias fabulosas)
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| 1620 |
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Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America
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| 1629 |
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Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer
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| 1648 |
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Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60
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| 1653 |
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Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux
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| 1654 |
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Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat
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| 1658 |
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Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor
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| 1664 |
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Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris
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| 1667 |
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Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends
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