Famous Deaths Happened In January - 31

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on this day in history.   

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

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on January - 31.   

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

1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on January - 31.   

1606  On this day in history death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35   

1615  On this day in history death of claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)   

1632  On this day in history death of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)   

1665  Death of Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) on January - 31.   

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

1720  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On January - 31 death of josé Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)   

1828  On January - 31 alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35   

1844  On this day in history 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  On January - 31 hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies   

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

1891  On January - 31 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75   

1892  On this day in history 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  Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 on January - 31.   

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 January - 31 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 this day in history.   

1942  Death of Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

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

1573  On January - 31 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)