Famous Deaths In October - 31

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

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

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  On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62  

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 October - 31.  

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on October - 31.  

1661  On October - 31 mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies  

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

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1723  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1732  Death of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (b. 1666) on this day in history.  

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

1768  Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78 on October - 31.  

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

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

1815  Daniel Belknap, composer, dies at 44 on October - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

1865  On October - 31 william Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse & maker of large telescopes, dies  

1870  On this day in history mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55  

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

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  On this day in history george Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74  

1895  Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62 on October - 31.  

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

1913  On October - 31 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 October - 31.  

1917  On October - 31 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  On this day in history birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary  

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

1541  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer was born on October - 31.  

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on October - 31.  

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 October - 31.