Famous Personalities Born In October - 31
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1291 Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on this day in history.
1345 On October - 31 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 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 October - 31.
1622 On October - 31 birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
1632 On October - 31 birth of jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)
1636 On October - 31 birth of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
1638 Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)
1711 Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.
1724 Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805) was born on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history birth of james Lovell, American educator (d. 1789)
1740 William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1750 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet was born on October - 31.
1755 Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist was born on this day in history.
1757 Ignaz Spangler, composer was born on October - 31.
1761 On October - 31 birth of rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary
1785 George F Kersting, German painter was born on this day in history.
1791 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Huber, composer
1795 On this day in history birth of john Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)
1815 On October - 31 birth of karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician (theory of functions)
1825 On October - 31 birth of raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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 this day in history.
1827 On October - 31 birth of richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895)
1831 On this day in history birth of daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
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.