Famous Deaths In October - 31

1147  On October - 31 death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)  

1448  On October - 31 johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on this day in history.  

1556  On this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50  

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

1641  On October - 31 cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41  

1654  On this day in history francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies  

1659  On October - 31 death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)  

1661  Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on October - 31.  

1664  On October - 31 willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51  

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1723  On October - 31 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81  

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

1733  Death of Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676) on October - 31.  

1744  On October - 31 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50  

1765  On October - 31 duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies  

1768  Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1793  Death of Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40 on this day in history.  

1806  On October - 31 sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36  

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 October - 31 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  On October - 31 mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55  

1879  Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies on this day in history.  

1883  On October - 31 death of swami Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj  

1884  On October - 31 death of marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)  

1887  George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1895  Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

1902  Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1916  On this day in history death of charles Taze Russell, American founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses (b. 1852)  

1917  On October - 31 tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies  

1918  On this day in history egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28  

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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  On October - 31 birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary  

1538  Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607) was born on this day in history.  

1541  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1599  On October - 31 birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)  

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) was born on this day in history.  

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on October - 31.