Famous Birthdays In October - 31

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

1345  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)  

1424  On October - 31 birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary  

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on October - 31.  

1541  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer  

1599  On October - 31 birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)  

1620  On October - 31 birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)  

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 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  On this day in history birth of clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)  

1705  On this day in history birth of pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)  

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

1724  On this day in history birth of christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)  

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 October - 31.  

1750  On this day in history birth of leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet  

1755  On October - 31 birth of jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist  

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

1761  Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1815  On this day in history birth of karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician (theory of functions)  

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

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 October - 31.  

1827  On this day in history birth of richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895)  

1831  Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

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  J F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905) was born on October - 31.  

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1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.  

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 October - 31 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 this day in history francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies  

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