Famous Personalities Born In October - 31
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1291 Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.
1345 Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on October - 31.
1424 On this day in history birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary
1538 On October - 31 birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)
1541 Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1636 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.
1638 On October - 31 birth of meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised
1692 Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on October - 31.
1705 Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) was born on this day in history.
1705 Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.
1711 On October - 31 birth of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778)
1724 On this day in history birth of christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)
1737 James Lovell, American educator (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.
1740 On October - 31 birth of william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1750 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet was born on October - 31.
1755 On this day in history birth of jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist
1757 Ignaz Spangler, composer was born on this day in history.
1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary was born on this day in history.
1785 George F Kersting, German painter was born on October - 31.
1791 On October - 31 birth of ferdinand Huber, composer
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 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 October - 31.
1831 On October - 31 birth of daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1831 On this day in history birth of paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)
1835 Adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933 was born on October - 31.
1835 On this day in history birth of j F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905)