Deaths in History on July 31

Person of interestAurelia Cotta

54 BC Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar, dies at 66

Mother of Julius Caesar Aurelia Cotta
Mother of Julius Caesar
Aurelia Cotta
  • 855 Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)
  • 1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
  • 1396 William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)
  • 1508 Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)
  • 1556 Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest, theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus, dies in Rome at about 65
  • 1566 Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92
  • 1638 Sybilla Schwarz, German baroque poet, dies at 17
  • 1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60
  • 1653 Thomas Dudley, British colonial governor of Massachusetts, dies at 76
  • 1693 Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
  • 1726 Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
  • 1750 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies
  • 1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies

Person of interestDenis Diderot

1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher, dies at 70

Enlightenment Philosopher Denis Diderot
Enlightenment Philosopher
Denis Diderot
  • 1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54

  • 1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
  • 1854 Samuel Wilson, American meat packer and possible namesake of Uncle Sam, dies at 87
  • 1864 Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette), dies at 64
  • 1871 Phoebe Cary, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary), dies at 46

Person of interestAndrew Johnson

1875 Andrew Johnson, 17th US President (Unionist: 1865-69), dies of a stroke at 66

17th US President Andrew Johnson
17th US President
Andrew Johnson
  • 1891 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French-Belgian glass painter, dies at 77
  • 1895 Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, dies at 67
  • 1913 John Milne, British geologist (developed the first modern seismograph), dies of Bright's disease at 62
  • 1914 A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered=
  • 1917 Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881)
  • 1917 Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)

Person of interestCharles E. Hires

1937 Charles E. Hires, American pharmacist, inventor and manufacturer of the Hires Root Beer beverage, dies at 85

Pharmacist and Root Beer Brewer Charles E. Hires
Pharmacist and Root Beer Brewer
Charles E. Hires
  • 1940 Whitey Krakow [or Krakower], American gangster and hitman (Murder Inc), murdered by "Bugsy" Siegel
  • 1942 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79
  • 1944 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), dies during a reconnaissance mission at 44
  • 1951 J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies
  • 1953 Robert A. Taft, American politician (U.S. Senator from Ohio), dies at 63
  • 1966 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87
  • 1967 Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies
  • 1967 Margaret Kennedy, English novelist (The Constant Nymph), dies at 71
  • 1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73
  • 1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
  • 1981 Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash
  • 1985 Eugene Carson Blake, US Secretary-General of World Council of Churches (1966-72), dies at 78
  • 1986 Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)

  • 1988 Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38
  • 1990 Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72
  • 1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
  • 1992 Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65
  • 1992 Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56
  • 1992 Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies
  • 1993 Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems
  • 1993 Elmar Klos, director (Obzalovany, Obchod na Korze), dies at 83
  • 1993 Paul Henry, US Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51
  • 1993 George Keyt, Sri Lankan painter, dies at 92
  • 1993 Baudouin I, King of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62
  • 1994 Caitlin Thomas, dies
  • 1994 G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies
  • 1994 Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92
  • 1996 Joan Warburton, Scottish painter, dies at 76
  • 1996 Michael Jinks, child care pioneer, dies at 59
  • 1997 Edith Fore, pitchwoman (I've fallen and I can't get up!), dies at 81
  • 1997 Ulrich Ernst Simon, German-Jewish Anglican theologian, dies at 63
  • 2000 Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst, Dutch Astronomer, dies at 81
  • 2001 Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
  • 2001 Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
  • 2001 Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
  • 2003 Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933)
  • 2005 Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935)
  • 2010 Mitch Miller, American oboist and recording producer (Sing Along with Mitch), dies at 99
  • 2012 Gore Vidal, American author (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln), dies from pneumonia at 86
  • 2016 Seymour Papert, South African mathematician, dies at 88

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