Famous Deaths In January - 31

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

1398  Death of Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  On January - 31 death of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)  

1686  Death of Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604) on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1736  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of josé Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)  

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  On this day in history 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  On January - 31 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75  

1892  On this day in history death of charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)  

1907  On January - 31 death of timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)  

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

1922  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84  

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0877  Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on this day in history.  

1512  On January - 31 birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)  

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  Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

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 January - 31.