Famous Deaths Happened 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 May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 31 death of philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)   

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  On May - 31 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 May - 31.   

1696  On May - 31 heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75   

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on May - 31.   

1747  On this day in history 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 May - 31.   

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

1832  On May - 31 death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)   

1837  On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

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

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on May - 31.   

1848  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69   

1854  On this day in history vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34   

1862  On this day in history robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

1900  On May - 31 james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75   

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

1908  On May - 31 c L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies   

1910  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On May - 31 birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 31.   

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