Famous Deaths Happened In January - 31
Sunday, 01 February 2026
0743 On January - 31 death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) 

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

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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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

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

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 this day in history. 

1828 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 on this day in history. 

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 Death of John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815) on this day in history. 

1891 On January - 31 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 

1892 On January - 31 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 January - 31. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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 On this day in history 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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