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 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  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on January - 31.  

1615  Death of Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) on January - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history 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  On January - 31 death of jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)  

1736  On January - 31 death of filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678)  

1788  On January - 31 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 January - 31.  

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

1892  Death of Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

1907  Death of Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834) on January - 31.  

1919  Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 on January - 31.  

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

1933  John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 on January - 31.  

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

1940  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84  

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0877  Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on this day in history.  

1512  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on January - 31.  

1517  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on January - 31.  

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on January - 31.  

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

1573  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer  

1573  On this day in history birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer  

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