Famous Personalities Born In January - 31
Monday, 23 June 2025
0877 Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on January - 31.
1512 King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on January - 31.
1517 Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on January - 31.
1543 Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.
1550 On this day in history birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)
1573 Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.
1573 On this day in history birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer
1597 John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.
1601 On January - 31 birth of pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter
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 this day in history.
1614 Nicolas Saboly, composer was born on January - 31.
1620 On this day in history birth of georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief
1623 Francois-Xavier de Laval was born on January - 31.
1633 Nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham) was born on this day in history.
1673 On this day in history birth of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716)
1686 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.
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 January - 31.
1752 Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.
1759 Francois Devienne, composer was born on January - 31.
1778 On January - 31 birth of franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848)
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 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer was born on January - 31.
1802 On January - 31 birth of jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
1804 On this day in history birth of jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic
1810 Daniel Ruggles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 was born on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history birth of john Randolph Tucker, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883
1813 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist was born on January - 31.
1817 Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) was born on this day in history.
1818 On January - 31 birth of william Raine Peck, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1820 On January - 31 birth of william B. Washburn, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)