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

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 January - 31 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  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)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1844  Death of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1861  On January - 31 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

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  On January - 31 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75  

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 this day in history.  

1922  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 on January - 31.  

1933  On this day in history john Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65  

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

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0877  On this day in history 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  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  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.  

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

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