Famous Deaths Happened In May - 31

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

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  On May - 31 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 May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1504  On May - 31 engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies   

1551  On May - 31 aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies   

1558  On May - 31 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 May - 31 willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59   

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

1680  On May - 31 death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)   

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

1799  On this day in history death of pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)   

1809  On May - 31 ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33   

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 this day in history.   

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 May - 31.   

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

1910  On May - 31 elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89   

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1443  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history 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  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer