Famous Personalities Born In July - 31
Sunday, 19 October 2025
1143 Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on July - 31.
1396 Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on July - 31.
1443 On this day in history birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon
1527 Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on this day in history.
1550 On July - 31 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 Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on July - 31.
1629 On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer
1654 On July - 31 birth of jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat
1702 On July - 31 birth of jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768)
1704 On July - 31 birth of gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
1718 John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.
1724 On July - 31 birth of noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
1737 On July - 31 birth of princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (d. 1813)
1743 On this day in history birth of august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist
1748 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist was born on July - 31.
1767 Amelie Julia Candielle, composer was born on this day in history.
1803 John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor was born on July - 31.
1808 On this day in history birth of frederick Nichols Crouch, composer
1816 On July - 31 birth of george Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870
1817 On this day in history birth of philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1818 On July - 31 birth of heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer
1825 Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on July - 31.
1825 On this day in history birth of william S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886)
1828 On this day in history birth of francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin)
1830 Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer was born on July - 31.
1834 Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish) was born on this day in history.
1835 Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. 1912) was born on July - 31.
1835 On this day in history birth of paul du Chaillu, French explorer (d. 1903)
1837 William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 was born on July - 31.
1841 On this day in history birth of george Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer
1843 On July - 31 birth of peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
1844 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist was born on this day in history.