Famous Personalities Born In March - 31
Saturday, 08 February 2025
0250 Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306) was born on this day in history.
1360 Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415) was born on this day in history.
1425 Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468) was born on this day in history.
1499 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65) was born on this day in history.
1504 Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) was born on this day in history.
1519 On March - 31 birth of henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)
1519 On March - 31 birth of king Henry II of France (d. 1559)
1536 On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)
1570 Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau was born on this day in history.
1576 On this day in history birth of louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (died 1644)
1596 René Descartes, France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was) was born on this day in history.
1621 Andrew Marvell, England, poet (To His Coy Mistress) was born on March - 31.
1651 On this day in history birth of karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)
1675 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58) was born on March - 31.
1684 Francesco Durante, composer was born on March - 31.
1717 Florian Wrastill, composer was born on March - 31.
1718 On this day in history birth of marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (d. 1781)
1723 Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66) was born on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history birth of Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783)
1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, prominent composer of the classical period (The Creation/Die Schopfung) was born on March - 31.
1747 On this day in history birth of johann A P Schulz, German composer
1747 On March - 31 birth of johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (Moon has Risen)
1777 On this day in history birth of charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (d. 1859)
1778 On March - 31 birth of coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (d. 1858)
1791 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer was born on March - 31.
1794 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.
1809 Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) was born on this day in history.
1809 On March - 31 birth of otto Jonas Lindblad, composer
1811 On this day in history birth of robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)
1819 On this day in history birth of prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1901)
1822 Rafael Hernando, composer was born on March - 31.
1831 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist was born on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history birth of john La Farge, US painter
1837 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA was born on March - 31.