Famous Birthdays In October - 31

1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on this day in history.  

1345  On October - 31 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  On this day in history birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)  

1541  On this day in history 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 October - 31 birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)  

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.  

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

1636  Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679) was born on October - 31.  

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1638  On this day in history birth of meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised  

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

1705  On this day in history birth of clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)  

1705  On October - 31 birth of pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)  

1711  Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

1724  Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805) was born on this day in history.  

1737  James Lovell, American educator (d. 1789) was born on October - 31.  

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

1750  On October - 31 birth of leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet  

1755  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist was born on this day in history.  

1757  On this day in history birth of ignaz Spangler, composer  

1761  On October - 31 birth of rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary  

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

1791  On October - 31 birth of ferdinand Huber, composer  

1795  On this day in history birth of john Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)  

1815  Karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician (theory of functions) was born on this day in history.  

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

1825  On October - 31 birth of charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892)  

1826  Hugh Boyle Ewing, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.  

1827  Richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895) was born on this day in history.  

1831  Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 was born on October - 31.  

1831  Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910) was born on October - 31.  

1835  On this day in history birth of adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933  

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  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.  

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

1556  On this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50  

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.  

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

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

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on this day in history.