Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on January - 31.  

1398  Death of Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) on this day in history.  

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

1561  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on this day in history.  

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

1606  On this day in history death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35  

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

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on this day in history.  

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

1686  On January - 31 death of jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)  

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1720  Death of Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) on this day in history.  

1729  Death of Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659) on this day in history.  

1736  Death of Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

1788  Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on January - 31.  

1790  Death of Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) on January - 31.  

1794  On this day in history death of marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)  

1815  Death of José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775) on this day in history.  

1828  On January - 31 alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35  

1844  On January - 31 death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

1861  Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1864  On January - 31 hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies  

1888  On January - 31 death of john Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815)  

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

1892  Death of Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) on January - 31.  

1907  On this day in history death of timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)  

1919  Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 on January - 31.  

1922  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56  

1933  John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1939  George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies on January - 31.  

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

1942  Death of Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860) on this day in history.  

1944  Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on January - 31.  

1945  Death of Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 on January - 31.  

1949  Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

1512  On January - 31 birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)  

1517  On this day in history birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on January - 31.  

1550  On January - 31 birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)  

1573  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer  

1573  On January - 31 birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer  

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.