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Jul 31 1396

Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy born in Dijon Burgundy (d. 1467)

Jul 31 1550

Jakob Handl [Petelin] Austrian composerbandmaster

Jul 31 1578

Catharina Belgica of Nassau daughter of Willem of Orange

Jul 31 1597

Sebastian Stosskopf Elzassisch painter baptized

Jul 31 1598

Alessandro Algardi Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)

Jul 31 1702

Jean Denis Attiret French Jesuit missionary and painter born in Dole France (d. 1768)

Jul 31 1704

Gabriel Cramer Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) born in Geneva Switzerland (d. 1752)

Jul 31 1718

John Canton English physicist born in Stroud Gloucestershire England (d. 1772)

Jul 31 1724

Nol Franois de Wailly French lexicographer born in Amines France (d. 1801)

Jul 31 1737

Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain born in London England (d. 1813)

Jul 31 1743

August R van Hekeren van Suideras Dutch orangist

Jul 31 1767

Amelie Julia Candielle French composer born in Paris (d. 1834)

Jul 31 1808

Frederick Crouch English-born composer born in London England (d. 1896)

Jul 31 1816

George Henry Thomas American Major General (Union Army) born in Newsoms Virginia (d. 1870)

Jul 31 1817

Philip Cook Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1894)

Jul 31 1818

Heinrich Kiepert German cartographergeographer

Jul 31 1825

Thomas Hart Taylor Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1901)

Jul 31 1825

William S. Clark American senator and scholar (d. 1886)

Jul 31 1828

Franois-Auguste Gevaert Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) born in Huise (d. 1908)

Jul 31 1830

Frantiek Zdenk Skuhersk Czech composer born in Opono Bohemia (d. 1892)

Jul 31 1834

Peter H Hugenholtz Dutch reformerfounder (Free Parish)

Jul 31 1837

William Quantrill American guerrilla leader in the Confederate Army born in Canal Dover Ohio (d. 1865)

Jul 31 1843

Peter Rosegger Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate born in Krieglach Austria (d. 1918)

Jul 31 1844

Ignazio Guidi Italian orientalist and archaeologist born in Rome Italy (d. 1935)

Jul 31 1847

Ignatio Cervantes Cuban pianist and composer (Danzas Cubanas) born in Havana (d. 1905)

Jul 31 1848

Jean Robert Planquette French composer (Bells of Corneville) born in Paris (d. 1903)

Jul 31 1854

Jose Canalejas premier of Spain (1910-12) born in El Ferrol Spain (d. 1912)

Jul 31 1858

Richard Dixon Oldham British geologist born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1936)

Jul 31 1860

Mary Vaux Walcott American artist and naturalist born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1940)

Jul 31 1867

Sebastian S. Kresge American merchant and philanthropist (Kmart) born in Bald Mountain Pennsylvania (d. 1966)

Jul 31 1874

Clarence Kolb American actor and performer born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 1964)

Jul 31 1875

Harry Northrup [Henri N.] French-born American poet and actor (The Heart of Maryland The Unchastened Woman) born in Paris France (d. 1936)

Jul 31 1880

Munshi Premchand [Dhanpat Rai] Indian author born in Lamhi Benares State British India (d. 1936)

Jul 31 1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko crusaders driven out of Palestine

Jul 31 1423 Hundred Years War Battle of Cravant - the French army is defeated by the English on the banks of the river Yonne in Burgundy

Jul 31 1451 Jacques Cur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France

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