Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on January - 31.   

1398  Death of Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) on January - 31.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1615  On January - 31 death of claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)   

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on January - 31.   

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.   

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  On January - 31 death of filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678)   

1788  Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on January - 31.   

1790  On this day in history death of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718)   

1794  Death of Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1815  Death of José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775) on this day in history.   

1828  On January - 31 alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35   

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 January - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1892  On this day in history death of charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)   

1907  On January - 31 death of timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)   

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  John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1939  George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies on January - 31.   

1940  René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history death of jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)   

1945  Death of Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 on January - 31.   

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