Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

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  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

1504  On this day in history engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies   

1551  On this day in history aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies   

1558  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on May - 31.   

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on May - 31.   

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

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on May - 31.   

1665  Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 on May - 31.   

1680  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1831  Death of Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) on this day in history.   

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

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on May - 31.   

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  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 on May - 31.   

1854  On this day in history 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 May - 31.   

1906  On May - 31 hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56   

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 this day in history birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

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  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  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer