July 31st, 1535

Born on July 31st, 1535

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 178,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 485 days, exactly on August 30th, 2025, people who were born on July 31st, 1535 will be 179,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 31st?

July 31st, 2014

Gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others.

July 31st, 2007

The Troubles: Operation Banner, the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland, ended after 38 years with a military stalemate and ceasefire.

July 31st, 2006

Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionally transferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brother Raúl.

July 31st, 2002

Hamas detonated a bomb at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, killing nine students and injuring about 100 more.

July 31st, 2000

Three years after being hit by a mudslide, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong fully reopened.

July 31st, 1991

Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious attack of their campaign against Lithuanian border posts.

July 31st, 1975

The Troubles: In a botched paramilitary attack, three members of the popular Miami Showband and two Ulster Volunteer Force gunmen were killed in County Down, Northern Ireland.

July 31st, 1972

The Troubles: Hours after the British Army's Operation Motorman brought an end to the self-declared autonomous area of Free Derry (Free Derry Corner pictured) in Northern Ireland, three car bombs exploded in the village of Claudy.

July 31st, 1971

Apollo program: The first Lunar Roving Vehicle was used during the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon.

July 31st, 1966

The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappeared off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all 31 people aboard.

July 31st, 1954

A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2 (pictured), the world's second-highest mountain.

July 31st, 1941

The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring authorised SS General Reinhard Heydrich to handle preparations for "the Final Solution of the Jewish question".

July 31st, 1924

Herbert Payne's bill introducing compulsory voting in Australia was passed into law.

July 31st, 1917

First World War: The Battle of Passchendaele began near Ypres, Belgium, with the Allies aiming to force German troops to withdraw from the Channel Ports.

July 31st, 1777

The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major general in the American revolutionary forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 31st?

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

49

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)

*July 31st, 1527, Vienna †October 12th, 1576, Regensburg

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

68

Louis de Funès

French actor and comedian

*July 31st, 1914, Courbevoie †January 27th, 1983, Nantes

36

Lukas Runggaldier

Italian Nordic combined skier

*July 31st, 1987, Bolzano

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

59

C. C. Catch

Dutch-German pop singer

*July 31st, 1964, Oss

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

90

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch writer

*July 31st, 1933, The Hague

94

Milton Friedman

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco

84

France Nuyen

French actress

*July 31st, 1939, Marseille

47

Gabriel Cramer

Genevan mathematician (1704-1752)

*July 31st, 1704, Geneva †January 4th, 1752, Bagnols-sur-Cèze

58

Mario von Appen

Canoe racer

*July 31st, 1965, Hamburg

36

Michael Bradley

American soccer player

*July 31st, 1987, Princeton

54

Antonio Conte

Italian association football player and manager

*July 31st, 1969, Lecce

52

Eve Best

British actress

*July 31st, 1971, London

66

Paul Provenza

American stand-up comedian and actor

*July 31st, 1957, The Bronx

65

Mark Cuban

American investor and entrepreneur (born 1958)

*July 31st, 1958, Pittsburgh

Same year
Born in 1535

69

Leo XI

Pope of the Catholic Church in April 1605 (1535-1605)

*June 2nd, 1535, Florence †April 27th, 1605, Rome

56

Gregory XIV

Pope from 1590 to 1591

*February 11th, 1535, Somma Lombardo †October 16th, 1591, Rome

38

Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal

Spanish infanta, Austrian archduchess, Portuguese princess

*June 24th, 1535, Madrid †September 7th, 1573, San Lorenzo de El Escorial

72

Alessandro Allori

Italian painter

*May 3rd, 1535, Florence †September 22nd, 1607, Florence

57

Filippo Spinola

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

*December 1st, 1535, Genoa †August 20th, 1593, Rome

43

Cornelius Gemma

Dutch astronomer and astrologer

*February 28th, 1535, Leuven †October 12th, 1578, Leuven

58

Min Phalaung

Burmese monarch (1535-1593)

*February 27th, 1535, Mrauk U †July 4th, 1593, Mrauk U

57

William of Rosenberg

High Treasurer and High Burgrave of Bohemia

*March 10th, 1535, Gallspach †August 31st, 1592, Prague

73

García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete

Royal Governor of Chile (1535-1609)

*July 21st, 1535, Cuenca †May 19th, 1609, Madrid

65

Nanda Bayin

King of Burma

*November 9th, 1535, Taungoo †November 30th, 1600, Taungoo

29

Eléanore de Roye

French noble

*February 24th, 1535, Châtillon-Coligny †July 23rd, 1564, Condé-en-Brie

49

Marcantonio II Colonna

Italian condottiero, politician, patron and admiral

*February 26th, 1535, Lanuvio †August 1st, 1584, Medinaceli

52

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach

German princess

*January 23rd, 1535, Ansbach †February 22nd, 1587, Legnica

49

Niwa Nagahide

Daimyo (1535-1585)

*October 16th, 1535, Nishi-ku †May 15th, 1585, Nagakute

65

Luis de Molina

Spanish priest and writer

*September 29th, 1535, Cuenca †October 12th, 1600, Madrid

61

Leonhard Rauwolf

German botanist and writer

*July 1st, 1535, Augsburg †September 15th, 1596, Vác

34

Eberhard Graf von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Langenburg

(1535-1570)

*October 11th, 1535, Waldenburg †March 10th, 1570, Waldenburg

86

Catherine Stenbock

Queen Consort of Sweden

*July 22nd, 1535, Torpa stenhus †December 13th, 1621, Strömsholm Palace

56

Johannes Clajus

German theologian (1535-1592)

*June 24th, 1535, Herzberg (Elster) †April 11th, 1592, Bendeleben

70

John VI, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

*November 30th, 1535, Dillenburg †October 8th, 1606, Dillenburg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day , Lā Hae Hawaiʻi Day) which are celebrated on July 31st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1535 is a normal year and no leap year.

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