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  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on January - 31.  

1580  On January - 31 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1788  Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1790  On January - 31 death of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718)  

1794  Death of Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711) on January - 31.  

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 January - 31.  

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

1861  On January - 31 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  Death of Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

1907  On January - 31 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 January - 31.  

1939  On January - 31 george Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies  

1940  René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 on January - 31.  

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

1944  On this day in history 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  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 January - 31.  

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

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

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  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.  

1573  On this day in history birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer  

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