Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

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  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

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

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

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

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 May - 31.   

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

1665  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on May - 31.   

1740  On May - 31 frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51   

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1846  On May - 31 death of philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)   

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1848  On May - 31 death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)   

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

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 31 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 May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer