Famous Deaths In March - 31

1074  On this day in history death of regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992)  

1340  Ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies on March - 31.  

1389  Death of Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered on this day in history.  

1547  Death of Francis I of France (b. 1494) on March - 31.  

1567  On March - 31 philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62  

1578  Death of Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered on March - 31.  

1621  Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1631  On March - 31 john Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)  

1656  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1671  Death of Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637) on March - 31.  

1703  On this day in history death of johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642)  

1722  On March - 31 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62  

1723  Death of Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. 1661) on this day in history.  

1727  Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 on March - 31.  

1741  Peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1837  John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1850  John Calhoun, dies at 68 on March - 31.  

1855  On this day in history charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38  

1877  On March - 31 antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75  

1880  On this day in history henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44  

1881  Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 on March - 31.  

1884  On this day in history jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77  

1885  On this day in history franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies  

1886  On this day in history giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57  

1892  On March - 31 adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66  

1898  Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies on March - 31.  

1900  Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies on March - 31.  

1901  On this day in history john Stainer, composer, dies at 60  

1913  On March - 31 john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75  

1914  On this day in history ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42  

1915  On this day in history death of wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882)  

1927  Death of Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1875) on March - 31.  

1928  Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1931  On March - 31 knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43  

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0250  Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306) was born on this day in history.  

1360  Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415) was born on this day in history.  

1425  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)  

1499  On March - 31 birth of pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)  

1504  Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) was born on this day in history.  

1519  Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59) was born on this day in history.  

1519  King Henry II of France (d. 1559) was born on March - 31.  

1536  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)