Famous Deaths Happened In July - 31
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
0855 On July - 31 death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) 

1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31. 

1396 On July - 31 death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) 

1508 On this day in history death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) 

1556 On this day in history ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 

1566 On this day in history bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 

1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on this day in history. 

1653 Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on this day in history. 

1693 On July - 31 willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 

1726 Death of Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695) on this day in history. 

1750 On July - 31 johan V, King of Portugal, dies 

1763 On July - 31 james Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies 

1784 On this day in history denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies 

1790 On July - 31 johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 

1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on July - 31. 

1811 On July - 31 death of miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish 

1864 Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64 on July - 31. 

1875 Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66 on this day in history. 

1886 On this day in history franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74 

1891 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77 on July - 31. 

1911 Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies on this day in history. 

1914 On this day in history death of a J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered= 

1917 On this day in history charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies 

1919 On July - 31 r G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies 

1932 On this day in history francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58 

1940 On July - 31 death of whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel 

1942 On July - 31 francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 

1943 On July - 31 hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp 

1948 Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 on July - 31. 

1951 On this day in history j of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies 

1952 On this day in history n B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies 

1953 Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63 on this day in history. 

1954 Death of Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923) on this day in history. 

1960 Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history. 

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