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

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Jul 31, 2026 · 9m

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…