Famous Deaths In January - 31

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

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

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on this day in history.  

1561  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on January - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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 January - 31.  

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

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 January - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1815  Death of José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775) on January - 31.  

1828  Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 on January - 31.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56  

1933  John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1939  George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 January - 31 henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84  

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0877  On this day in history 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  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on January - 31.  

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  On January - 31 birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer  

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.