Famous Birthdays In October - 31

1291  On this day in history birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet  

1345  On October - 31 birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)  

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  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer was born on October - 31.  

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  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on October - 31.  

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

1636  Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.  

Advertisements

1638  Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1711  On this day in history birth of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778)  

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  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  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist was born on October - 31.  

1757  Ignaz Spangler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1761  Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary was born on October - 31.  

1785  On this day in history birth of george F Kersting, German painter  

1791  Ferdinand Huber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 October - 31.  

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 October - 31.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1147  On this day in history death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)  

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

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on October - 31.  

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

1634  On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62  

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on this day in history.  

1654  On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies  

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