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 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  On this day in history birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)  

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

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

1632  On October - 31 birth of jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)  

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

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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  Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.  

1711  Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778) was born on October - 31.  

1724  Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805) was born on October - 31.  

1737  James Lovell, American educator (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of ignaz Spangler, composer  

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

1785  On October - 31 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  Raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on October - 31.  

1825  Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892) was born on October - 31.  

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

1827  On October - 31 birth of richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895)  

1831  On this day in history birth of daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901  

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

1835  On October - 31 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 this day in history.  

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

1448  On October - 31 johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies  

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  On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62  

1641  On October - 31 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.