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Henry I Duke of Guise French Catholic leader born (d. 1588)
Hendrik Casimir I count of Nassau-Dietzmayor of Frisia
Nicolas Saboly French composer and poet born in Monteux (d. 1675)
Georg F von Waldeck German commander-in-chief
Francois de Laval Catholic saint 1st Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec born in Montigny-sur-Avre (d. 1708)
Louis de Montfort French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716)
Hans Egede Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
Robert Morris merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
Gerrit J Pijman Dutch minister of War (1798-1800 1803-06)
Gouverneur Morris American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)
Francois Devienne French composer born in Joinville France (d. 1803)
Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848)
Daniel Ruggles Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1897)
John Randolph Tucker American naval officer (Confederate Navy) born in Alexandria Virginia (d. 1883)
Samuel Sarphati Amsterdam physicianpharmacistsocial activist
Antony Winkler Prins Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)
William Raine Peck Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1871)
William B. Washburn 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)
James G. Blaine US Secretary of State (1881 and 1889-92) known as the Plumed Knight born in West Brownsville Pennsylvania (d. 1893)
William Charles Lunalilo Monarch of Hawaii (d. 1874)
George Jackson Churchward Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933)
F Henri Berz French existensialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis)
Henri Desgrange French cyclist and journalist founder of the Tour-de-France born in Paris France (d. 1940)
Shastriji Maharaj Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951)
Henry Forster cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89 later Aust Gov-General)
Theodore William Richards chemist (atomic weights Nobel-1914)
Henri Carton de Wiart Belgian Countliterarypremier (1920-21)
Zane Grey American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)
Willem J M van Eysinga Dutch international law jurist
Irving Langmuir inventor (tungsten filament lampNobel 1932)
Josephus RH van Schaik Dutch lawyervice-premier
Nicholas Joy French actor (Gentlemans Agreement Desk Set Boss Lady) born in Paris France (d. 1964)
Theodor Heuss 1st President of Germany (Bundesprsident) (d. 1963)
Jan 31 1504 By treaty of Lyons French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
Jan 31 1531 King Ferdinand of Austria and King John Zapolya of Hungary offically recognise each other
Jan 31 1578 Battle of Gembloux (Gembloers) Spanish forces win decisive victor over coalition rebel forces