Famous Deaths In October - 31

1147  On October - 31 death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)   

1448  On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on October - 31.   

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1634  Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.   

1641  On October - 31 cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41   

1654  On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies   

1659  On October - 31 death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)   

1661  Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1664  On October - 31 willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51   

1723  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on October - 31.   

1732  On this day in history death of victor Amadeus II of Savoy (b. 1666)   

1733  On this day in history death of eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 31.   

1806  Sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1815  Daniel Belknap, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history 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 October - 31.   

1865  William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse & maker of large telescopes, dies on October - 31.   

1870  Mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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  George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1895  Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

1902  Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history 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  Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies on October - 31.   

1918  Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 on October - 31.   

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on this day in history.   

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on October - 31.   

1538  On October - 31 birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)   

1541  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1599  On October - 31 birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)   

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) was born on October - 31.   

1622  On this day in history birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)