Famous Deaths In January - 31

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

1398  On January - 31 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 this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history 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  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  On January - 31 death of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)  

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

1736  On this day in history 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  On this day in history alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35  

1844  On January - 31 death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

1861  Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies  

1888  Death of John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815) on January - 31.  

1891  On January - 31 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75  

1892  Death of Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) on January - 31.  

1907  On this day in history death of timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)  

1919  On January - 31 paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79  

1922  On January - 31 heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56  

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 this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history rené "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56  

1942  On this day in history death of henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860)  

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

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0877  On this day in history birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)  

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

1517  On this day in history birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)  

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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