Classical Calendar: What happened on 31 October ?

1654: Francisco Correa de Arauxo dies

1654: Francisco Correa de Arrauxo dies

1725: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild"

1744: Leonardo Leo dies

1745: Nikolaus Betscher is born

1768: Francesco Maria Veracini dies

1789: FP of Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac's "Raoul, Sire de Créqui"

1810: Claudio S. Grafulla is born

1830: Robert Radecke is born

1831: FP of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's "La Marquise de Brinvilliers"

1831: FP of Michele Carafa's "La marquise de Brinvilliers"

1838: FP of Charles Adolphe Adam's "Le Brasseur de Preston"

1848: Carl Bonaventura Witzka dies

1863: Alicia Adélaide Needham is born

1865: FP of Johannes Brahms' "Variationen über ein eigenes Thema"

1866: FP of Jacques Offenbach's "La Vie parisienne"

1870: Mihály Mosonyi dies

1872: FP of Johannes Brahms' "Mondnacht"

1874: FP of Jacques Offenbach's "Madame l'Archiduc"

1877: Leland Albert Cossart is born

1879: FP of Karl Millöcker's "Gräfin Dubarry / The Dubarry"

1884: FP of Karl Millöcker's "Der Feldprediger"

1891: FP of Pietro Mascagni's "L'amico Fritz"

1896: Ralph Erwin is born

1906: Louise Talma is born

1906: FP of Jules Massenet's "Ariane"

1907: Michel Boulnois is born

1912: FP of Heinrich Ferdinand Thieriot's "Luther"

1914: Hugo Lepnurm is born

1923: Robert Frederick Graettinger is born

1947: Howard Skempton is born

1952: Joseph Homberg dies

1955: Naji Hakim is born

1960: Dirk d'Ase is born

1967: FP of Richard Rodney Bennett's "A Penny for a Song"

1969: Hugo Pfister dies

1975: FP of Arthur Bliss' "Spirit of the Age"

1980: Alondra de la Parra is born

1980: FP of Günter Bialas' "Der Weg nach Eisenstadt"

1985: Erich Sehlbach dies

1989: Conrad Beck dies

1993: FP of Azio Corghi's "Divara - Wasser und Blut / Divara - Water and Blood"

1994: FP of Gerald Eckert's "In Sich Ohne Ausweg"

1995: Alan Bush dies

1999: Howard Ferguson dies

1999: FP of Rainer Bischof's "Lieb und Leben"

2002: Yuri Ahronovitch dies

2003: FP of Olga Neuwirth's "Lost Highway"

2009: FP of Harald Weiss' "Schwarz vor Augen und es ward Licht!"

2011: FP of Michael Em Walter's "Nur nicht jetzt!"