July 31st, 1807

Born on July 31st, 1807

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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

82

Friedrich Wöhler

German chemist

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

36

Lukas Runggaldier

Italian Nordic combined skier

*July 31st, 1987, Bolzano

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

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

59

C. C. Catch

Dutch-German pop singer

*July 31st, 1964, Oss

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

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

85

John Ericsson

Swedish-US engineer (1803-1889)

*July 31st, 1803, Färnebo församling †March 8th, 1889, New York City

64

Eugène Le Poittevin

French painter (1806-1870)

*July 31st, 1806, Paris †August 6th, 1870, Paris

58

Mario von Appen

Canoe racer

*July 31st, 1965, Hamburg

36

Michael Bradley

American soccer player

*July 31st, 1987, Princeton

47

Gabriel Cramer

Genevan mathematician (1704-1752)

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

53

George Henry Thomas

United States Army general (1816-1870)

*July 31st, 1816, Southampton County †March 28th, 1870, San Francisco

54

Antonio Conte

Italian association football player and manager

*July 31st, 1969, Lecce

Same year
Born in 1807

75

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (1807–1882)

*February 27th, 1807, Portland †March 24th, 1882, Cambridge

96

Ernest Legouvé

French dramatist

*February 14th, 1807, Paris †March 14th, 1903, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

66

Hans Conon von der Gabelentz

German linguist (1807-1874)

*October 13th, 1807, Altenburg †September 3rd, 1874, Lemnitz

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian general, patriot, and republican (1807–1882)

*July 4th, 1807, Nice †June 2nd, 1882, Caprera

66

Louis Agassiz

Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)

*May 28th, 1807, Môtiers †December 14th, 1873, Cambridge

63

Robert E. Lee

Confederate States general (1807–1870)

*January 19th, 1807, Stratford Hall †October 12th, 1870, Lexington

91

Wilford Woodruff

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1807-1898)

*March 1st, 1807, Farmington †September 2nd, 1898, Salt Lake City

79

Sebastiano Tecchio

Italian politician (1807-1886)

*January 3rd, 1807, Vicenza †January 24th, 1886, Venice

60

Karl Braun

German jurist and politician (1807-1868)

*May 10th, 1807, Plauen †March 23rd, 1868, Plauen

87

Giacomo Durando

Italian general and statesman (1807-1894)

*February 4th, 1807, Mondovì †August 21st, 1894, Rome

79

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

American historical editor, politician and diplomat from Massachusetts (1807-1886)

*August 18th, 1807, Boston †November 21st, 1886, Boston

80

Friedrich Theodor Vischer

German philosopher, writer and politician (1807-1887)

*June 30th, 1807, Ludwigsburg †September 14th, 1887, Gmunden

84

Jules Grévy

French statesman and lawyer

*August 15th, 1807, Mont-sous-Vaudrey †September 9th, 1891, Mont-sous-Vaudrey

40

Robert Blum

German democratic politician (1807-1848)

*November 10th, 1807, Cologne †November 9th, 1848, Brigittenau

78

Bernhard Horwitz

German-British chess player (1807-1885)

*May 10th, 1807, Neustrelitz †August 29th, 1885, London

82

Hans Matthison-Hansen

Danish composer and painter (1807-1890)

*February 6th, 1807, Flensburg †January 7th, 1890, Roskilde

84

Joseph Petzval

Slovak physicist, mathematician and inventor (1807-1891)

*January 6th, 1807, Spišská Belá †September 19th, 1891, Vienna

78

Alfred de Clebsattel

French politician

*May 6th, 1807, Dunkirk †January 27th, 1886, Dunkirk

74

Ludwig Mooser

Organ builder

*January 30th, 1807, Vienna †May 22nd, 1881, Hatvan

77

Wilhelm von Braumüller

German publisher

*March 19th, 1807, Zillbach †July 25th, 1884, Vienna

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 1807 is a normal year and no leap year.

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