Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  On January - 31 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  On January - 31 menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies  

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  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 this day in history death of jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)  

1736  Death of Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678) on January - 31.  

1788  On this day in history 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  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  Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 on January - 31.  

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 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  Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 on January - 31.  

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history death of jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)  

1945  Death of Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 on January - 31.  

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

1517  On January - 31 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 January - 31.  

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

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on January - 31.