ON THIS DAY
Born in 1731
79 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- Martha Washington
politician
- Charles Lee
military officer, bretteur
- Henry Cavendish
chemist, mathematician
- Benjamin Banneker
editor, watchmaker
- William Cowper
poet, hymnwriter
- Erasmus Darwin
abolitionist, physiologist
- Robert Rogers
soldier, writer
- Abbas III
politician
- Marie Josèphe of Saxony
aristocrat
- Gabriela Silang
revolutionary
- Samuel Huntington
judge, jurist
- Robert Treat Paine
politician, lawyer
- Catharine Macaulay
philosopher, historian
- Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster
aristocrat
- Joseph Galloway
jurist, politician
- Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
politician, military commander
- Thomas Willing
art collector, politician
- William William
politician, judge
- William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
politician
- Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
aristocrat
- Marcello Bacciarelli
painter, artist
- Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron
writer, orientalist
- Sophie von La Roche
novelist, editor
- Johann August Ephraim Goeze
entomologist, parson
- Ove Høegh-Guldberg
historian, theologian
- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
lawyer, politician
- Angelo Emo
naval officer, politician
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
politician, mintmaster
- Gaetano Pugnani
concertmaster, composer
- Christian Cannabich
violinist, conductor
- Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
politician, soldier
- Charles Churchill
poet, satirist
- Francisco Javier Clavijero
historian, philosopher
- William Aiton
botanist, horticulturist
- Stefano Borgia
numismatist, historian
- Maria Fortunata d'Este
aristocrat
- Vasile Ursu Nicola
rebel, activist
- František Xaver Dušek
music educator, harpsichordist
- Anton von Maron
teacher, painter
- Henri Van der Noot
lawyer, politician
- Moses Harris
copper engraver, printmaker
- John Walker
naturalist, geologist
- Victor Louis
architect
- Pierre Julien
sculptor
- Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt
chemist, pharmacist
- Prince Friedrich Erdmann I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen-Pless
military personnel
- John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton
politician
- Giovanni Battista Tommasi
philosopher, composer
- Gustaf Philip Creutz
diplomat, politician
- Carl von Gontard
architect
- Nikephoros Theotokis
theologian, Eastern Orthodox priest
- Johannes Wiedewelt
sculptor
- Rafael Landívar
poet, writer
- Franciszek Kareu
architect, vicar general
- Ramón de la Cruz
librettist, playwright
- Carlo Denina
university teacher, Catholic priest
- Peter Dolland
instrument maker, medical instrument maker
- Joaquim Machado de Castro
sculptor, visual artist
- Gian Francesco Malfatti
mathematician, scientist
- Jacob von Sievers
politician, diplomat
- José de Viera y Clavijo
writer, anthropologist
- Girolamo Tiraboschi
literary critic, librarian
- Gasparo Angiolini
ballet teacher, choreographer
- Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels
politician
- Dorothea Biehl
writer, playwright
- Dirk van der Aa
coach painter, shopkeeper
- Pierre Joseph Buchoz
physician, lawyer
- Johan Theodor Holmskjold
physician, botanist
- Ignazio Busca
Catholic bishop, diplomat
- Julie Bondeli
writer, salonnière
- Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare
geologist, naturalist
- John Baptist Albertrandi
librarian, Catholic bishop
- Jakob Jonas Björnståhl
philologist, university teacher
- António Diniz da Cruz e Silva
writer, judge
- Giovanni Andrea Archetti
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
- Anna Catharina Materna
playwright, stage actor