Famous Personalities Born In January - 31
Friday, 18 July 2025
0877 On January - 31 birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)
1512 King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.
1517 Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on January - 31.
1543 Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on January - 31.
1550 On January - 31 birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)
1573 On January - 31 birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer
1573 Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on January - 31.
1597 On January - 31 birth of john Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)
1601 Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter was born on January - 31.
1607 James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby was born on January - 31.
1612 Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia was born on January - 31.
1614 On this day in history birth of nicolas Saboly, composer
1620 On January - 31 birth of georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief
1623 Francois-Xavier de Laval was born on this day in history.
1633 On January - 31 birth of nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham)
1673 Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.
1686 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758) was born on January - 31.
1734 On January - 31 birth of julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
1734 Robert Morris, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1750 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06) was born on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history birth of gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)
1759 On January - 31 birth of francois Devienne, composer
1778 Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848) was born on January - 31.
1784 On this day in history birth of carl Wilhelm Henning, composer
1797 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.
1798 On January - 31 birth of karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer
1802 On January - 31 birth of jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
1804 On January - 31 birth of jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic
1810 On this day in history birth of daniel Ruggles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1812 On this day in history birth of john Randolph Tucker, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883
1813 On January - 31 birth of samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist
1817 On January - 31 birth of antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)
1818 On January - 31 birth of william Raine Peck, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1820 William B. Washburn, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.