Famous Deaths In March - 31

1074  On March - 31 death of regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992)   

1340  On March - 31 ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies   

1389  Death of Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered on this day in history.   

1547  Death of Francis I of France (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1567  Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62 on March - 31.   

1578  Death of Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered on March - 31.   

1621  Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1631  John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 31.   

1656  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64 on March - 31.   

1671  Death of Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637) on March - 31.   

1703  On this day in history death of johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642)   

1722  On March - 31 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62   

1723  On March - 31 death of edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. 1661)   

1727  Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 on this day in history.   

1741  On March - 31 peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72   

1837  On March - 31 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60   

1850  John Calhoun, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1855  Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 on March - 31.   

1877  Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1880  On March - 31 henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44   

1881  Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77   

1885  On this day in history franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies   

1886  On this day in history giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57   

1892  Adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66 on March - 31.   

1898  On March - 31 edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies   

1900  Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies on March - 31.   

1901  John Stainer, composer, dies at 60 on March - 31.   

1913  John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 on March - 31.   

1914  On March - 31 ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42   

1915  On March - 31 death of wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882)   

1927  On March - 31 death of borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1875)   

1928  Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82 on March - 31.   

1931  Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43 on this day in history.   

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0250  On March - 31 birth of constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)   

1360  On March - 31 birth of philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)   

1425  Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468) was born on March - 31.   

1499  On this day in history birth of pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)   

1504  Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) was born on March - 31.   

1519  Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of France (d. 1559)   

1536  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)