Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  On this day in history death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)   

1398  On January - 31 death of emperor Sukō (b. 1334)   

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on January - 31.   

1561  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies   

1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on this day in history.   

1606  On January - 31 death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35   

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

1632  On January - 31 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  Death of Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604) on January - 31.   

1720  On this day in history 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  Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on January - 31.   

1790  On January - 31 death of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718)   

1794  On this day in history death of marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)   

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

1828  On January - 31 alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35   

1844  On January - 31 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  On January - 31 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 this day in history.   

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

1892  On January - 31 death of charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)   

1907  Death of Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

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

1939  On January - 31 george Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies   

1940  René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1944  On January - 31 death of jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1573  On this day in history 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.