Famous Birthdays In October - 31

1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on this day in history.   

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

1636  Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1705  Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 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  On this day in history birth of ignaz Spangler, composer   

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

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  John Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn) was born on this day in history.   

1815  On October - 31 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 this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history 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  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  Adelbert Ames, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933 was born on October - 31.   

1835  J F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.   

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1147  On this day in history death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)   

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.   

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

1556  On this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

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

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.   

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

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on this day in history.