Mount Fuji's 781 Eruption: Impact on Japan (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (31 Jul 2026) Today's historical events: 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). Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII. Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos. Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France. All remaining Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect. On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad. Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions. Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years. Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India. Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers. Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices