Famous Birthdays In July - 31

1143  On this day in history birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)  

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on July - 31.  

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on this day in history.  

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster  

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

1597  On this day in history birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized  

1598  On July - 31 birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)  

1629  Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer was born on this day in history.  

1654  Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

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1702  Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768) was born on July - 31.  

1704  On this day in history birth of gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)  

1718  John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772) was born on July - 31.  

1724  Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801) was born on this day in history.  

1737  On this day in history birth of princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (d. 1813)  

1743  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist was born on July - 31.  

1748  On July - 31 birth of isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist  

1767  On this day in history birth of amelie Julia Candielle, composer  

1803  On July - 31 birth of john Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor  

1808  On this day in history birth of frederick Nichols Crouch, composer  

1816  On this day in history birth of george Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870  

1817  Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history birth of heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer  

1825  Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

1825  William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886) was born on July - 31.  

1828  On July - 31 birth of francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin)  

1830  On this day in history birth of frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer  

1834  Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish) was born on July - 31.  

1835  Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.  

1835  Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (d. 1903) was born on July - 31.  

1837  William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 was born on this day in history.  

1841  George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer was born on July - 31.  

1843  On this day in history birth of peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)  

1844  On this day in history birth of ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist  

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0855  On this day in history death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)  

1358  On this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies  

1396  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on this day in history.  

1508  On July - 31 death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)  

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on July - 31.  

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60  

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on July - 31.