July 31st, 1729

Born on July 31st, 1729

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 107,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 343 days, exactly on April 10th, 2025, people who were born on July 31st, 1729 will be 108,000 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

Born on July 31st, 1729

67

Jacob Christian von Bernuth

(1729-1797)

*July 31st, 1729, Groß Rosenburg †April 13th, 1797

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

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

47

Gabriel Cramer

Genevan mathematician (1704-1752)

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

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

61

Heinrich Ludewig Manger

German architect

*July 31st, 1728, Kitzscher †April 30th, 1790, Potsdam

84

France Nuyen

French actress

*July 31st, 1939, Marseille

58

Mario von Appen

Canoe racer

*July 31st, 1965, Hamburg

82

Friedrich Wöhler

German chemist

*July 31st, 1800, Frankfurt †September 23rd, 1882, Göttingen

36

Michael Bradley

American soccer player

*July 31st, 1987, Princeton

53

John Canton

British physicist

*July 31st, 1718, Stroud †March 22nd, 1772, London

54

Antonio Conte

Italian association football player and manager

*July 31st, 1969, Lecce

52

Eve Best

British actress

*July 31st, 1971, London

Same year
Born in 1729

67

Catherine II of Russia

Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796

*April 21st, 1729, Szczecin †November 17th, 1796, Saint Petersburg

52

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729–1781)

*January 22nd, 1729, Kamenz †February 15th, 1781, Brunswick

68

Edmund Burke

Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)

*January 12th, 1729, Dublin †July 9th, 1797, Beaconsfield

56

Moses Mendelssohn

German-Jewish philosopher and theologian (1729–1786)

*September 6th, 1729, Dessau †January 4th, 1786, Berlin

83

Johannes le Francq van Berkhey

Dutch author and illustrator (1729-1812)

*January 23rd, 1729, Leiden †March 13th, 1812, Leiden

94

Charles Thomson

American patriot leader (1729-1824)

*November 29th, 1729, Maghera †August 16th, 1824, Lower Merion Township

44

Florian Leopold Gassmann

Austrian composer

*May 3rd, 1729, Most †January 21st, 1774, Vienna

56

Antonio Sacchini

Italian composer (1730–1786)

*November 30th, 1729, Florence †November 30th, 1785, Paris

70

Giuseppe Parini

Italian poet

*May 23rd, 1729, Bosisio Parini †August 15th, 1799, Milan

64

František Xaver Pokorný

Czech violinist and composer

*December 20th, 1729, Městec Králové †July 2nd, 1794, Regensburg

65

John Penn

Last governor of colonial Pennsylvania

*July 14th, 1729, London †February 9th, 1795, Philadelphia

84

William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe

British General in the American War of Independence (1729-1814)

*August 10th, 1729, London †July 12th, 1814, Plymouth

72

Giuseppe Sarti

Italian opera composer (1729–1802)

*December 1st, 1729, Faenza †July 28th, 1802, Berlin

70

Lazzaro Spallanzani

Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)

*January 12th, 1729, Scandiano †February 11th, 1799, Pavia

36

Louis, Dauphin of France

French Dauphin (1729-1765)

*September 4th, 1729, Palace of Versailles †December 20th, 1765, Fontainebleau

69

Johann Reinhold Forster

German naturalist (1729–1798)

*October 22nd, 1729, Tczew †December 9th, 1798, Halle (Saale)

48

Anton Cajetan Adlgasser

German organist and composer

*October 1st, 1729, Inzell †December 22nd, 1777, Salzburg

46

Jean Étienne Bernard Clugny de Nuits

French colonial administrator (1729-1776)

*November 20th, 1729, Sainte-Rose †October 18th, 1776, Paris

60

Philipp Christian Bunsen

(1729-1790)

*October 1st, 1729, Bad Arolsen †February 10th, 1790, Frankfurt

34

Fyodor Volkov

Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater (1729-1763)

*February 9th, 1729, Kostroma †April 4th, 1763, Moscow

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.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1729 is a normal year and no leap year.

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