Famous Birthdays In October - 31

1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on this day in history.  

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on this day in history.  

1424  On this day in history birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1636  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)  

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

1692  Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

1705  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) was born on October - 31.  

1705  On October - 31 birth of pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)  

1711  On October - 31 birth of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778)  

1724  Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805) was born on this day in history.  

1737  James Lovell, American educator (d. 1789) was born on October - 31.  

1740  William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

1750  On October - 31 birth of leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet  

1755  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist was born on this day in history.  

1757  On October - 31 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  On October - 31 birth of ferdinand Huber, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1825  On this day in history birth of raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

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

1831  On this day in history birth of paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)  

1835  Adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933 was born on October - 31.  

1835  On October - 31 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  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on October - 31.  

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on October - 31.  

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 this day in history francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies  

1659  On this day in history death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)