Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  On this day in history death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)  

1398  On this day in history death of emperor Sukō (b. 1334)  

1435  On January - 31 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  On January - 31 death of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)  

1686  On this day in history death of jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)  

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1720  On January - 31 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 this day in history.  

1788  On this day in history charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67  

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  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  Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on January - 31.  

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

1888  On this day in history 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  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  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  Death of Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860) on January - 31.  

1944  Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on this day in history.  

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 January - 31.  

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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  On this day in history birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1543  On January - 31 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)  

1550  On January - 31 birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)  

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.  

1573  Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1597  On January - 31 birth of john Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)