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Oct 31 1218

Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)

Oct 31 1391

Eduard [Dom Duarte] King of Portugal (1433-38)author

Oct 31 1513

Jacques Amyot French humanist translator and Abbot of Bellozanne born in Melun (d. 1593)

Oct 31 1576

Enrico Caterino Davila Italian writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia) born in Padua Italy (d. 1631)

Oct 31 1620

Michael de Ronghe composer

Oct 31 1917

Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov Soviet field marshal (d. 1994)

Oct 31 1918

Bob Feller American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (AL Triple Crown 1940) born in Van Meter Iowa (d.2010)

Oct 31 1922

Jane White African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit Once Upon a Mattress) born in NYC New York (d. 2011)

Oct 31 1924

Hannelore Weygrand German FR equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1956)

Oct 31 1924

Serge Golovine French ballet choreographer (Death of Narcissus)

Oct 31 1925

Gus Savage American politician (Rep-D-IL 1981- 93) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 2015)

Oct 31 1925

Teo Macero [Attilio Joseph Macero] American composer born in Glens Falls New York

Oct 31 1926

Jacques Swaters Belgian racing driver

Oct 31 1927

Joseph Wilbur Adcock managerplayer (Braves)

Oct 31 1928

Ernest Flatt American choreographer (Carol Burnett Show) born in Denver Colorado (d. 1995)

Oct 31 1928

Michael Andrews British painter born in Norwich England (d. 1995)

Oct 31 1928

William Campbell American actor (Jerry-Cannonball Luke-Dynasty) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 2011)

Oct 31 1624

Paul Pellisson French writer born in Bziers France (d. 1693)

Oct 31 1668

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover queen in Prussia (d. 1705)

Oct 31 1712

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich German painter

Oct 31 1735

Edward Miller composer

Oct 31 1739

Grigory Potemkin Russian military leader statesman and favorite of Catherine the Great born in Chizhovo near Smolensk (d. 1791)

Oct 31 1741

Angelica Kauffmann Swiss painter

Oct 31 1751

Richard Brinsley Sheridan Irish playwright (The Rivals The School for Scandal) and Whig MP born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1816)

Oct 31 1762

Andr Chnier French poet killed during French Revolution born in Constantinople Ottoman Empire (d. 1794)

Oct 31 1786

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gasp French Canadian writer (d. 1871)

Oct 31 1787

Karl Guhr German composer (d. 1848)

Oct 31 1790

Karol Joseph Lipinski composer

Oct 31 1790

Rinse Posthumus Frisian writer

Oct 31 1799

Ignace Bourget bishop of Montreal (d. 1885)

Oct 31 1807

James Samuel Wadsworth American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Geneseo New York (d. 1864)

Oct 31 1817

Hermann Kopp German chemist (Jahresbericht of Chemistry)

Oct 31 1821

Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques composer

Oct 31 637 Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge

Oct 31 701 John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope

Oct 31 942 Alberic nominates Pope Marinus II (Martinus III)

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