Famous Deaths Happened In July - 31
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
0855 Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on July - 31.
1358 On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
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 Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on this day in history.
1566 Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on this day in history.
1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on this day in history.
1653 On July - 31 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 Death of Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695) on July - 31.
1750 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history.
1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies on July - 31.
1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies on this day in history.
1790 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1811 Death of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish on this day in history.
1864 On July - 31 louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64
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 On July - 31 jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77
1911 Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies on July - 31.
1914 On July - 31 death of a J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered=
1917 On July - 31 charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies
1919 R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.
1932 On July - 31 francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58
1940 Death of Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel on this day in history.
1942 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history 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 July - 31 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 July - 31.
1954 Death of Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923) on this day in history.
1960 On this day in history karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77
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