Famous Personalities Born In January - 31
Thursday, 27 March 2025
0877 On January - 31 birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)
1512 King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.
1517 Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on January - 31.
1543 On January - 31 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)
1550 Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) was born on January - 31.
1573 Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.
1573 Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on January - 31.
1597 John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.
1601 On January - 31 birth of pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter
1607 On this day in history birth of james Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
1612 On January - 31 birth of hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia
1614 Nicolas Saboly, composer was born on this day in history.
1620 On January - 31 birth of georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief
1623 Francois-Xavier de Laval was born on this day in history.
1633 Nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham) was born on this day in history.
1673 Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716) was born on January - 31.
1686 On January - 31 birth of hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
1734 On January - 31 birth of julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
1734 On this day in history birth of robert Morris, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1750 On January - 31 birth of gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)
1752 Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history birth of francois Devienne, composer
1778 Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848) was born on this day in history.
1784 On January - 31 birth of carl Wilhelm Henning, composer
1797 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on January - 31.
1798 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer was born on this day in history.
1802 On this day in history birth of jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
1804 On this day in history birth of jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic
1810 On January - 31 birth of daniel Ruggles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1812 On January - 31 birth of john Randolph Tucker, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883
1813 On this day in history birth of samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist
1817 Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) was born on January - 31.
1818 On this day in history birth of william Raine Peck, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1820 William B. Washburn, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887) was born on January - 31.