Famous Birthdays In October - 31

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  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on October - 31.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)   

1636  Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679) was born on October - 31.   

1638  On this day in history birth of meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised   

1692  On October - 31 birth of comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)   

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

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

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

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 this day in history birth of jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist   

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  George F Kersting, German painter was born on this day in history.   

1791  Ferdinand Huber, composer was born on October - 31.   

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 October - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 31.   

1831  Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On October - 31 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  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.   

1448  On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1517  On this day in history death of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)   

1556  On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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