This Day in History
Today: July 31, 2026
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Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
781
The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era).[1]
1009
Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
1201
Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.
1423
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: A Franco-Scottish army is defeated by the Anglo-Burgundians at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
1451
Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
1492
All remaining Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
1498
On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
1618
Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
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.
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