Famous Deaths In January - 31

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

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

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

1561  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies   

1580  On January - 31 hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies   

1606  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on January - 31.   

1615  Death of Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history death of jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)   

1720  Death of Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) on January - 31.   

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 this day in history 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  On January - 31 death of marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)   

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

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

1844  Death of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) on January - 31.   

1861  Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 31.   

1919  Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 on January - 31.   

1922  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56   

1933  On January - 31 john Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65   

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 this day in history death of henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860)   

1944  On this day in history death of jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)   

1945  On this day in history death of eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25   

1949  Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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0877  Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on this day in history.   

1512  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer   

1543  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)   

1550  On January - 31 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.