Famous Birthdays In October - 31

1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.  

1345  On this day in history 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  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on this day in history.  

1541  On October - 31 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 this day in history.  

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

1632  Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer) was born on this day in history.  

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

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1638  Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised was born on October - 31.  

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  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  On October - 31 birth of james Lovell, American educator (d. 1789)  

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

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

1795  John Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn) was born on October - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1831  On October - 31 birth of paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)  

1835  Adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933 was born on this day in history.  

1835  J F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.  

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1147  On October - 31 death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)  

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  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)