Famous Deaths Happened In July - 31
Saturday, 07 February 2026
0855 Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on this day in history. 

1358 On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies 

1396 On this day in history death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) 

1508 Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) on July - 31. 

1556 Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on July - 31. 

1566 Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on July - 31. 

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

1653 On this day in history death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) 

1693 On this day in history willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 

1726 On this day in history death of nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695) 

1750 On this day in history johan V, King of Portugal, dies 

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

1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies on July - 31. 

1790 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history. 

1795 On July - 31 jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 

1811 Death of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish on July - 31. 

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

1875 On July - 31 andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66 

1886 Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

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

1911 On July - 31 jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies 

1914 Death of A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered= on this day in history. 

1917 Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies on this day in history. 

1919 R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies on this day in history. 

1932 Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history. 

1940 Death of Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel on this day in history. 

1942 On this day in history francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 

1943 Hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp on this day in history. 

1948 On this day in history maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 

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

1952 On July - 31 n B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies 

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

1954 Death of Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923) on July - 31. 

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

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