In the year 1731, the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy is established by order of the Empress Anna of Russia, helping Okhotsk to develop into a major port (May 10), the oldest known sports score in history is recorded at a cricket match in England (Aug 23), Laura Bassi becomes the first official female university teacher, at the University of Bologna - and all these fine people were born:
1731-xxxx George Austen* clergyman/father of Jane Austen - Tonbridge, Kent, England (1805/75) Find a Grave
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1731-0123 Jakob Jonas Björnståhl* orientalist/ travel writer - Näshulta, Kingdom of Sweden (1779/48)
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1731-02xx Charles Churchill* poet/satirist - Westminster, London, England (1764/c.32)
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1731-0216 Marcello Bacciarelli* Polish-Italian painter - Rome, Papal States (1818/86)
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1731-0307 Martin Johan Wallenius* professor of mathematics - Paimio, Sweden-Finland (1773/42)
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1731-0408 William Williams* merchant/signer of the Declaration of Independence - Lebanon, Connecticut (1811/80)
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1731-0422 Gabriel Henrik Peldan* mayor/son of vicar Gabriel Peldan - Mustasaari, Sweden-Finland (1793/61)
1731-0501 Gustaf Philip Creutz* Swedish statesman/diplomat/poet - Anjala, Sweden-Finland (1785/54)
1731-0508 Beilby Porteus* bishop/reformer/a leading abolitionist in England - York, England (1809/78)
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1731-0602 Dorothea Biehl* Danish author/playwright/ translator - Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway (1788/56)
1731-0613 Martha Washington* (b Dandridge) the 1st First Lady - Chestnut Grove, Virginia, British America (1802/70)
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1731-0701 Adam Duncan* British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in 1797 - considered one of the most significant actions in naval history - Dundee, Angus, Scotland (1804/73)
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1731-08xx Henry Constantine Jennings* antiquarian/ collector/gambler - Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England (1819/87)
1731-0812 Simon Wilhelm Carpelan* soldier/ governor/statesman - Raisio, Sweden-Finland (1814/82)
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1731-1010 Henry Cavendish* philosopher/scientist/chemist - Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia (1810/78)
1731-1010 Anna Jaakontytär Jaakko-Kokko** (b Pietilä) mother of Beata Ala-Kuhna - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1806/75)
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1731-1107 Robert Rogers* British Army officer/frontiersman - Methuen, Massachusetts, British America (1795/63)
1731-1109 Benjamin Banneker* free African-American almanac author/ astronomer/surveyor of the District of Columbia - Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, British America (1806/74)
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1731-1126 William Cowper* poet/hymnodist - Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England (1800/68)
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1731-1212 Erasmus Darwin* physician/ philosopher/grandfather of Charles Darwin - England (1802)
1731-1219 Beata Heikintytär Sihto** mother of Maria Juhontytär Latva-Luhtasela - Sihto, Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1813/81)
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1731-1228 José de Viera y Clavijo* historian/ botanist/ethnographer - Realejo Alto, Tenerife, Spanish Empire (1813/81)
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