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  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on this day in history.  

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

1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on January - 31.  

1606  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on January - 31.  

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

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

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

1729  On January - 31 death of jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)  

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  Death of Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711) on January - 31.  

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

1942  On January - 31 death of henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860)  

1944  On January - 31 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  Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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0877  On this day in history birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)  

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

1517  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.  

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

1597  On this day in history birth of john Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)