Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  On January - 31 death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)  

1398  On this day in history death of emperor Sukō (b. 1334)  

1435  On January - 31 death of xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)  

1561  On January - 31 menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies  

1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on this day in history.  

1606  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on this day in history.  

1615  On January - 31 death of claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)  

1632  On January - 31 death of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)  

1665  On January - 31 death of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)  

1686  Death of Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604) on January - 31.  

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1720  Death of Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) on January - 31.  

1729  On this day in history death of jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)  

1736  On this day in history death of filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678)  

1788  On this day in history charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67  

1790  Death of Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1794  On January - 31 death of marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)  

1815  Death of José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775) on January - 31.  

1828  Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1844  Death of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

1864  On this day in history hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies  

1888  Death of John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815) on January - 31.  

1891  Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1892  On this day in history death of charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)  

1907  Death of Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

1919  On January - 31 paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79  

1922  On January - 31 heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56  

1933  On January - 31 john Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65  

1939  George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies on this day in history.  

1940  René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history death of henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860)  

1944  On this day in history death of jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)  

1945  Death of Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 on this day in history.  

1949  On January - 31 henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84  

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0877  Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on this day in history.  

1512  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.  

1517  On January - 31 birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1543  On January - 31 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)  

1550  Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) was born on January - 31.  

1573  On January - 31 birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer  

1573  Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on January - 31.  

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on January - 31.