On July 31, history records 49 notable events, 194 famous births and 77 deaths, spanning the years 781 to 1655.
Events on this day include: The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781). (781); Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII. (1009).
Notable people born on July 31 include Emperor Nijō (1143), Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (1396), Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526).
Notable figures who died on this day include Peter Chrysologus (450), Feng Xingxi (910), Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1098).
Events on 31 July 49
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The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
Year 1201
Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.
Year 1423
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
Year 1498
On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
Year 1618
Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
Year 1655
Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
Birthdays on 31 July 194
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Deaths on 31 July 77
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