Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on January - 31.  

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  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies  

1580  On January - 31 hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies  

1606  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on January - 31.  

1615  On this day in history death of claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)  

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 this day in history.  

1686  Death of Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604) on January - 31.  

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

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

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

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

1790  Death of Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

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  On January - 31 alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35  

1844  On this day in history death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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 January - 31.  

1940  On this day in history 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  Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on January - 31.  

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  On January - 31 birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)  

1512  On this day in history birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)  

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

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

1550  Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) was born on January - 31.  

1573  On January - 31 birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer  

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

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on January - 31.