Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  On May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

1594  On this day in history tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75   

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1665  On this day in history pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on May - 31.   

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

1740  On this day in history frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51   

1747  On May - 31 death of andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)   

1799  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on May - 31.   

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 May - 31 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on May - 31.   

1847  On this day in history death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)   

1848  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on May - 31.   

1849  On May - 31 leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69   

1854  On May - 31 vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34   

1862  On May - 31 robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

1900  James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1906  Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on May - 31.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

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

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on May - 31.   

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

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

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

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