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  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

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

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

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

1410  On May - 31 death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  On May - 31 death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)   

1504  On May - 31 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  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  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  On May - 31 death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)   

1696  On this day in history heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75   

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

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

1831  On this day in history death of samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)   

1832  Death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) on May - 31.   

1837  On May - 31 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

1846  On this day in history death of philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)   

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

1848  On this day in history 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  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

1557  On this day in history 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  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

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