Famous Birthdays In October - 31

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

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 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  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) was born on October - 31.  

1622  On this day in history birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)  

1632  On this day in history birth of jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)  

1636  On October - 31 birth of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)  

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

1692  On this day in history 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  Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774) was born on October - 31.  

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

1724  On October - 31 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 this day in history.  

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  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  On October - 31 birth of george F Kersting, German painter  

1791  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Huber, composer  

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

1815  On October - 31 birth of karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician (theory of functions)  

1825  Raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on October - 31.  

1825  On this day in history birth of charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892)  

1826  Hugh Boyle Ewing, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on October - 31.  

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  Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

1835  On October - 31 birth of adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933  

1835  On this day in history birth of j F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905)  

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1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on October - 31.  

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.  

1517  On this day in history death of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)  

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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 October - 31.  

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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