Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on May - 31.   

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.   

1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on May - 31.   

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on May - 31.   

1558  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on this day in history.   

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.   

1594  On May - 31 tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75   

1620  On May - 31 willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59   

1665  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on May - 31.   

1799  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

1809  Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.   

1831  On May - 31 death of samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)   

1832  On this day in history death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)   

1837  On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on May - 31.   

1848  On May - 31 death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)   

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on this day in history.   

1900  On May - 31 james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75   

1906  Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on May - 31.   

1908  C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies on this day in history.   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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1443  On May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

1472  On May - 31 birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.