Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on this day in history.  

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

1435  On January - 31 death of xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)  

1561  On January - 31 menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies  

1580  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1665  On January - 31 death of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)  

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

1720  On this day in history death of thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)  

1729  Death of Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659) on this day in history.  

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

1794  On January - 31 death of marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)  

1815  On January - 31 death of josé Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)  

1828  On this day in history alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35  

1844  Death of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) on January - 31.  

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

1864  Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies on January - 31.  

1888  On January - 31 death of john Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815)  

1891  Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 on January - 31.  

1892  On January - 31 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  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  On January - 31 rené "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56  

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  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  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.  

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

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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