Famous Deaths In October - 31

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on October - 31.  

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.  

1517  On October - 31 death of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)  

1556  On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50  

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.  

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on this day in history.  

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)  

1661  Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on this day in history.  

1664  Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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1723  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on October - 31.  

1732  Death of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (b. 1666) on October - 31.  

1733  On October - 31 death of eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)  

1744  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1765  Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies on October - 31.  

1768  On October - 31 francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78  

1793  On this day in history death of pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40  

1806  Sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1815  On October - 31 daniel Belknap, composer, dies at 44  

1851  On October - 31 peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37  

1860  On this day in history death of johan Nathan, murderer, hanged  

1863  Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51 on October - 31.  

1865  William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse & maker of large telescopes, dies on this day in history.  

1870  Mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55 on October - 31.  

1879  Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies on October - 31.  

1883  Death of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj on October - 31.  

1884  Death of Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858) on October - 31.  

1887  George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 on October - 31.  

1895  On this day in history franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62  

1902  On October - 31 jean-Baptist Colyns, composer, dies at 67  

1913  Death of William Evans-Gordon, British politician (b. 1857) on October - 31.  

1916  Death of Charles Taze Russell, American founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies  

1918  Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 on this day in history.  

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1291  On this day in history birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet  

1345  On October - 31 birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)  

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on this day in history.  

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on October - 31.  

1541  On October - 31 birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer  

1599  On this day in history birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)  

1620  On this day in history birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)  

1622  On this day in history birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)