Famous Birthdays In October - 31

1291  On October - 31 birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet  

1345  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)  

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on this day in history.  

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on October - 31.  

1541  On October - 31 birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer  

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on October - 31.  

1620  On this day in history birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)  

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on October - 31.  

1632  Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer) was born on October - 31.  

1636  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)  

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1638  On October - 31 birth of meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised  

1692  On October - 31 birth of comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)  

1705  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) was born on October - 31.  

1705  On this day in history birth of pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)  

1711  On this day in history birth of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778)  

1724  On this day in history birth of christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)  

1737  On October - 31 birth of james Lovell, American educator (d. 1789)  

1740  William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on October - 31.  

1750  Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet was born on this day in history.  

1755  On this day in history birth of jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist  

1757  On October - 31 birth of ignaz Spangler, composer  

1761  On this day in history birth of rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary  

1785  On this day in history birth of george F Kersting, German painter  

1791  Ferdinand Huber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1795  On October - 31 birth of john Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)  

1815  Karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician (theory of functions) was born on October - 31.  

1825  On this day in history birth of raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

1825  Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history birth of hugh Boyle Ewing, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

1827  On this day in history birth of richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895)  

1831  Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

1831  On October - 31 birth of paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)  

1835  Adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933 was born on this day in history.  

1835  J F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905) was born on October - 31.  

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1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.  

1448  On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on this day in history.  

1556  On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50  

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on this day in history.  

1654  On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies  

1659  On October - 31 death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)