24th March » 'Naturalization of Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis named Hieronimus de Salis' Parliamentary Act is passed.
Famous Birthdays in 1731
2nd June » Martha Washington, American wife of George Washington, 1st First Lady of the United States (d. 1802)
19th June » Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portuguese sculptor (d. 1822)
1st July » Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Scottish-English admiral (d. 1804)
16th July » Samuel Huntington (statesman) called Samuel Huntington, American politician, 18th List of Governors of Connecticut called Governor of Connecticut (d. 1796)
9th September » Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican priest, historian, and scholar (d. 1787)
10th October » Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
9th November » Benjamin Banneker, American farmer, scientist, and author (d. 1806)
26th November » William Cowper, English poet and hymn-writer (d. 1800)
8th December » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1799)
12th December » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and poet (d. 1802)
Famous Deaths in History for 1731
6th January » Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672)
21st January » Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)
27th January » Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the Piano (b. 1655)
22nd February » Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
5th March » Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Syrian scholar (b. 1641)
8th March » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
24th April » Daniel Defoe, English journalist and spy (b. 1660)
1st May » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
7th September » Eudoxia Lopukhina, Russian wife of Peter the Great (b. 1669)
26th December » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
29th December » Brook Taylor, English mathematician (b. 1685)