Famous Deaths In January - 31

0743  On January - 31 death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)   

1398  Death of Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) on this day in history.   

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on this day in history.   

1561  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on January - 31.   

1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history 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  Death of Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) on this day in history.   

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 January - 31.   

1736  Death of Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678) on this day in history.   

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

1790  Death of Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

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

1815  On this day in history death of josé Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)   

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

1844  On this day in history death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)   

1861  Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on January - 31.   

1864  Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies on this day in history.   

1888  On January - 31 death of john Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815)   

1891  On this day in history ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75   

1892  Death of Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

1907  Death of Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65   

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

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

1942  Death of Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860) on January - 31.   

1944  Death of Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) on January - 31.   

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

1949  Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 on January - 31.   

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0877  On this day in history birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)   

1512  On January - 31 birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)   

1517  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on this day in history.   

1543  On January - 31 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)   

1550  Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) was born on January - 31.   

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

1573  Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on January - 31.   

1597  On this day in history birth of john Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)