Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  On this day in history death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)   

1398  On January - 31 death of emperor Sukō (b. 1334)   

1435  On this day in history death of xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)   

1561  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies   

1606  On January - 31 death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35   

1615  Death of Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) on January - 31.   

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1665  On January - 31 death of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)   

1686  On January - 31 death of jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)   

1720  On January - 31 death of thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)   

1729  Death of Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659) on this day in history.   

1736  Death of Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678) on January - 31.   

1788  On January - 31 charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67   

1790  On this day in history death of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718)   

1794  Death of Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711) on January - 31.   

1815  Death of José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775) on January - 31.   

1828  Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 on January - 31.   

1844  On January - 31 death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)   

1861  On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

1864  Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies on January - 31.   

1888  Death of John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1891  Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 on January - 31.   

1892  On January - 31 death of charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)   

1907  On this day in history death of timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)   

1919  On this day in history paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79   

1922  On January - 31 heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56   

1933  John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1939  George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies on this day in history.   

1940  René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 on January - 31.   

1942  On January - 31 death of henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860)   

1944  Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on this day in history.   

1945  Death of Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84   

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0877  On January - 31 birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)   

1512  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on January - 31.   

1517  On January - 31 birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer   

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)   

1573  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer   

1573  Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on January - 31.