Famous Deaths In January - 31

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

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

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on January - 31.  

1561  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies  

1580  On January - 31 hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies  

1606  On January - 31 death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35  

1615  Death of Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) on January - 31.  

1632  On this day in history death of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)  

1665  Death of Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) on January - 31.  

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 January - 31.  

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

1736  Death of Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678) on January - 31.  

1788  On January - 31 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 this day in history 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 January - 31.  

1844  Death of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) on January - 31.  

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 January - 31.  

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 January - 31.  

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 January - 31.  

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

1922  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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  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  On January - 31 death of jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)  

1945  On January - 31 death of eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25  

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

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0877  On January - 31 birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)  

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

1517  On January - 31 birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

1550  Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On January - 31 birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer  

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

1597  On January - 31 birth of john Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)