Famous Personalities Born In July - 31
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
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 this day in history.
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 Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on July - 31.
1629 On July - 31 birth of johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer
1654 Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat was born on this day in history.
1702 On this day in history birth of jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768)
1704 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) was born on July - 31.
1718 John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.
1724 Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801) was born on July - 31.
1737 Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.
1743 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist was born on this day in history.
1748 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.
1767 On July - 31 birth of amelie Julia Candielle, composer
1803 John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1828 Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) was born on July - 31.
1830 On this day in history birth of frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer
1834 On this day in history birth of peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish)
1835 Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.
1835 On July - 31 birth of paul du Chaillu, French explorer (d. 1903)
1837 On July - 31 birth of william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1841 George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer was born on this day in history.
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