Famous Birthdays In October - 31

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 October - 31 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 October - 31.  

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) was born on this day in history.  

1622  On October - 31 birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)  

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.  

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

1692  On this day in history birth of comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)  

1705  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) was born on this day in history.  

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  Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805) was born on October - 31.  

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  On October - 31 birth of jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist  

1757  On October - 31 birth of ignaz Spangler, composer  

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

1785  George F Kersting, German painter was born on October - 31.  

1791  Ferdinand Huber, composer was born on October - 31.  

1795  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)  

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

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

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

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

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.