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1569  On this day in history birth of djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India  

1602  Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik was born on August - 31.  

1663  Guillaume Amontons, French physicist was born on August - 31.  

1696  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer was born on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history birth of george Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)  

1741  Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1741  Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general (d. 1834) was born on August - 31.  

1748  On August - 31 birth of jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer  

0651  On August - 31 death of saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary  

0683  On this day in history death of pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque  

1056  On August - 31 death of theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)  

1057  On this day in history leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies  

1158  On August - 31 sancho III, King of Castile, dies  

1218  On August - 31 al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies  

1234  On August - 31 death of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)  

1372  Death of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301) on this day in history.