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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Jan 31 1550

    Henry I Duke of Guise French Catholic leader born (d. 1588)

    Jan 31 1612

    Hendrik Casimir I count of Nassau-Dietzmayor of Frisia

    Jan 31 1614

    Nicolas Saboly French composer and poet born in Monteux (d. 1675)

    Jan 31 1620

    Georg F von Waldeck German commander-in-chief

    Jan 31 1623

    Francois de Laval Catholic saint 1st Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec born in Montigny-sur-Avre (d. 1708)

    Jan 31 1673

    Louis de Montfort French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716)

    Jan 31 1686

    Hans Egede Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)

    Jan 31 1734

    Robert Morris merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)

    Jan 31 1750

    Gerrit J Pijman Dutch minister of War (1798-1800 1803-06)

    Jan 31 1752

    Gouverneur Morris American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)

    Jan 31 1759

    Francois Devienne French composer born in Joinville France (d. 1803)

    Jan 31 1778

    Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848)

    Jan 31 1810

    Daniel Ruggles Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1897)

    Jan 31 1812

    John Randolph Tucker American naval officer (Confederate Navy) born in Alexandria Virginia (d. 1883)

    Jan 31 1813

    Samuel Sarphati Amsterdam physicianpharmacistsocial activist

    Jan 31 1817

    Antony Winkler Prins Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)

    Jan 31 1818

    William Raine Peck Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1871)

    Jan 31 1820

    William B. Washburn 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)

    Jan 31 1830

    James G. Blaine US Secretary of State (1881 and 1889-92) known as the Plumed Knight born in West Brownsville Pennsylvania (d. 1893)

    Jan 31 1835

    William Charles Lunalilo Monarch of Hawaii (d. 1874)

    Jan 31 1857

    George Jackson Churchward Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933)

    Jan 31 1863

    F Henri Berz French existensialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis)

    Jan 31 1865

    Henri Desgrange French cyclist and journalist founder of the Tour-de-France born in Paris France (d. 1940)

    Jan 31 1865

    Shastriji Maharaj Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951)

    Jan 31 1866

    Henry Forster cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89 later Aust Gov-General)

    Jan 31 1868

    Theodore William Richards chemist (atomic weights Nobel-1914)

    Jan 31 1869

    Henri Carton de Wiart Belgian Countliterarypremier (1920-21)

    Jan 31 1872

    Zane Grey American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)

    Jan 31 1878

    Willem J M van Eysinga Dutch international law jurist

    Jan 31 1881

    Irving Langmuir inventor (tungsten filament lampNobel 1932)

    Jan 31 1882

    Josephus RH van Schaik Dutch lawyervice-premier

    Jan 31 1884

    Nicholas Joy French actor (Gentlemans Agreement Desk Set Boss Lady) born in Paris France (d. 1964)

    Jan 31 1884

    Theodor Heuss 1st President of Germany (Bundesprsident) (d. 1963)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    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

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