Famous Deaths In May - 31
Friday, 26 July 2024
0455 On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched
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 May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)
1408 On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
1410 Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.
1495 On May - 31 death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)
1504 On this day in history engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
1551 Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on this day in history.
1558 On this day in history death of philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)
1567 On this day in history pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies
1594 Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1620 On this day in history 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 May - 31.
1740 Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on May - 31.
1747 Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on this day in history.
1799 On this day in history death of pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
1809 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 on May - 31.
1831 Death of Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) on this day in history.
1832 Death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) on May - 31.
1837 Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on May - 31.
1846 On this day in history death of philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)
1847 On May - 31 death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)
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 May - 31.
1854 Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on May - 31.
1862 On May - 31 robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34
1900 On this day in history james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75
1906 On this day in history hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56
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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