Famous Deaths Happened In January - 31
Monday, 17 November 2025
0743 On this day in history death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) 

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

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 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 January - 31. 

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 Death of Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) on this day in history. 

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

1720 Death of Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) on January - 31. 

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 January - 31. 

1790 Death of Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) on January - 31. 

1794 On January - 31 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 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 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 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 Death of Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) on January - 31. 

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 On January - 31 heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 

1933 On this day in history john Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 

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 this day in history. 

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

1944 Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on January - 31. 

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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