Birthdays occurring on March, 31

1596

Rene Descartes was born on March 31, 1596 French mathematician, philosopher and scientist, 1596-1650 Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am) More quotations from Rene Descartes

1621

Andrew Marvell was born on March 31, 1621 English poet, politician and satirist. 1621-1678 Music, the mosaic of the air More quotations from Andrew Marvell

1809

Nikolai Gogol was born on March 31, 1809 The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil. More quotations from Nikolai Gogol

1809

Edward Fitzgerald was born on March 31, 1809 The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it More quotations from Edward Fitzgerald

1844

Andrew Lang was born on March 31, 1844 He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue. More quotations from Andrew Lang

Deaths occurring on March, 31

1631

John Donne died on March 31, 1631 English poet, 1572-1631 All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. More quotations from John Donne

1837

John Constable died on March 31, 1837 English landscape painter. 1776-1837 I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful More quotations from John Constable

1855

Charlotte Bronte died on March 31, 1855 English novelist, noted for Jane Eyre (1847), 1816-1855 You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world. More quotations from Charlotte Bronte