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  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on January - 31.  

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 January - 31.  

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on this day in history.  

1665  Death of Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) on January - 31.  

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 January - 31 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  Death of Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) on January - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

1828  Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1844  Death of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) on January - 31.  

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

1907  On this day in history 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  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 January - 31.  

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

1942  On January - 31 death of henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860)  

1944  Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history death of eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25  

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  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 January - 31.  

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

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on January - 31.  

1573  Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on January - 31.  

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