Famous Birthdays In October - 31

1291  On October - 31 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  On this day in history birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)  

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

1622  On October - 31 birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)  

1632  Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer) was born on October - 31.  

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

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

1692  Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on October - 31.  

1705  On October - 31 birth of clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74)  

1705  Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774) was born on October - 31.  

1711  Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

1724  On October - 31 birth of christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)  

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

1740  On this day in history birth of william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1750  Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet was born on this day in history.  

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

1757  On this day in history birth of ignaz Spangler, composer  

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 October - 31 birth of john Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)  

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

1825  Raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on October - 31.  

1825  On October - 31 birth of charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892)  

1826  On October - 31 birth of hugh Boyle Ewing, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

1827  Richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895) was born on October - 31.  

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

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  On this day in history 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 October - 31 johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on October - 31.  

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on October - 31.