Famous Deaths Happened In October - 31

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on this day in history.   

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on October - 31.   

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on October - 31.   

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on this day in history.   

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

1664  Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51 on October - 31.   

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

1732  On October - 31 death of victor Amadeus II of Savoy (b. 1666)   

1733  Death of Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676) on this day in history.   

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

1765  On this day in history duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies   

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

1793  On October - 31 death of pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40   

1806  Sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36 on October - 31.   

1815  Daniel Belknap, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1860  Death of Johan Nathan, murderer, hanged on this day in history.   

1863  Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1865  William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse & maker of large telescopes, dies on October - 31.   

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

1879  On October - 31 big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies   

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  On October - 31 george Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74   

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  On this day in history death of william Evans-Gordon, British politician (b. 1857)   

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

1917  Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

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

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on this day in history.   

1345  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)   

1541  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1599  On October - 31 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  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.