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Famous Deaths In January - 31

Saturday, 18 May 2013

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

1435 On this day in history death of xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)

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

1580 On this day in history hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies

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

1615 On this day in history 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 Death of Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) on this day in history.

1686 On this day in history death of jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)

1720 On this day in history death of thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)

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

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

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 Death of Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711) on this day in history.

1815 On this day in history death of josé Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)

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

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

1888 Death of John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815) on this day in history.

1891 On this day in history ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75

1892 Death of Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) on this day in history.

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

1919 On this day in history paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79

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

1933 On this day in history 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 On this day in history rené "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56

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

1944 Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on this day in history.

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

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

1954 Death of Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1512 On this day in history birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)

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

1543 On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)

1550 On this day in history birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)

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

1573 Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on this day in history.

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

1601 On this day in history birth of pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter