July 31st, 1842

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Born on July 31st, 1842 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 31st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 31st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1842)

Born on July 31st, 1842

Weekday

Sunday

July 31st, 1842 was a Sunday.

Age

181

People born on July 31st, 1842 will turn 182 this year (2024), in exactly 94 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1842 - August 23rd, 1842

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 66,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 619 days, exactly on January 7th, 2026, people who were born on July 31st, 1842 will be 67,000 days old!

66,381 Days

9,483 Weeks

2,180 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

Louis de Funès

French actor and comedian

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

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

Lukas Runggaldier

Italian Nordic combined skier

*July 31st, 1987, Bolzano

Peter Rosegger

Austrian poet and writer (1843-1918)

*July 31st, 1843, Kluppeneggerhof †June 26th, 1918, Krieglach

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

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

C. C. Catch

Dutch-German pop singer

*July 31st, 1964, Oss

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch writer

*July 31st, 1933, The Hague

Milton Friedman

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

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

France Nuyen

French actress

*July 31st, 1939, Marseille

Mario von Appen

Canoe racer

*July 31st, 1965, Hamburg

Julius Spohn

German industrialist and philanthropist

*July 31st, 1841, Ravensburg †October 16th, 1919, Ravensburg

Michael Bradley

American soccer player

*July 31st, 1987, Princeton

Friedrich Wöhler

German chemist

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

Vasily Sleptsov

Russian writer and social reformer (1836-1878)

*July 31st, 1836, Voronezh †April 4th, 1878, Serdobsk

Franz Joham

*July 31st, 1907, Graz †October 15th, 1991, Barcelona

Henri Brisson

French politician (1835-1912)

*July 31st, 1835, Bourges †April 14th, 1912, Paris

Same year
Born in 1842

Karl May

German author (1842-1912)

*February 25th, 1842, Hohenstein-Ernstthal †March 30th, 1912, Radebeul

Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau

Alfred Marshall

British economist

*July 26th, 1842, Bermondsey †July 13th, 1924, Cambridge

William James

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)

*January 11th, 1842, Astor House †August 26th, 1910, Tamworth

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

Abdul Hamid II

34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909

*September 21st, 1842, Istanbul †February 10th, 1918, Beylerbeyi Palace

Arrigo Boito

Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)

*February 24th, 1842, Padua †June 10th, 1918, Milan

Charles Grad

French politician (1842-1890)

*December 8th, 1842, Turckheim †July 3rd, 1890, Wintzenheim

Giovanni Boldini

Italian painter (1842-1931)

*December 31st, 1842, Ferrara †January 12th, 1931, Paris

Cornelie Richter

German salonnière

*March 4th, 1842, Berlin †July 19th, 1922, Berlin

Ambrose Bierce

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

*June 24th, 1842, Meigs County †November 30th, 1913, Chihuahua City

Jules Massenet

French composer (1842–1912)

*May 12th, 1842, Saint-Étienne †August 13th, 1912, Paris

François Coppée

French poet and novelist

*January 26th, 1842, Paris †May 23rd, 1908, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Giovanni Giolitti

Italian statesman (1842–1928)

*October 27th, 1842, Mondovì †July 17th, 1928, Cavour

James Dewar

Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923)

*September 20th, 1842, Kincardine †March 27th, 1923, London

Ellen Swallow Richards

American chemist (1842-1911)

*December 3rd, 1842, Dunstable †March 30th, 1911, Boston

John H. Bankhead

American politician (1842-1920)

*September 13th, 1842, Marion County †March 1st, 1920, Washington, D.C.

John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

English physicist (1842–1919)

*November 12th, 1842, Maldon †June 30th, 1919, Witham

Madeleine Brès

French physician

*November 25th, 1842, Bouillargues †November 30th, 1921, Montrouge

Peter Kropotkin

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

*November 27th, 1842, Moscow †February 8th, 1921, Dmitrov

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.

Earliest day on which the Feast of Kamál (Perfection) can fall, while August 1 is the latest; observed on the first day of the eighth month of the Baháʼí calendar. (Baháʼí Faith)

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End of the Trinity term (sitting of the High Court of Justice of England)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_term

Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaiian sovereignty movement)

Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day (Hawaii, United States), and its related observanceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_Restoration_Day

Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udham_Singh

Treasury Day (Poland)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Poland

Warriors' Day (Malaysia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes'_Day

Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaiian sovereignty movement)

Lā Hae Hawaiʻi Day (Hawaii, United States), and its related observanceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_Restoration_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXXI.VII.MDCCCXLII

31.7.1842

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1842 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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July 31st, 1842

Born on July 31st, 1842

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 66,000 days old!

66,381 Days

9,483 Weeks

2,180 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 31st?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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".

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

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.

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?

Same year Born in 1842

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 31st

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Germanus of Auxerre

Ignatius of Loyola

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July 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which the Feast of Kamál (Perfection) can fall, while August 1 is the latest; observed on the first day of the eighth month of the Baháʼí calendar. (Baháʼí Faith)

End of the Trinity term (sitting of the High Court of Justice of England)

Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaiian sovereignty movement)

Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India)

Treasury Day (Poland)

Warriors' Day (Malaysia)

Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaiian sovereignty movement)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

31.7.1842

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 66,000 days old!

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

Same Day
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Born in 1842

Calendar
July 1842

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