Famous Deaths In March - 31

1074  Death of Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1567  Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62 on March - 31.   

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  John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 31.   

1656  On this day in history pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64   

1671  Death of Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637) on this day in history.   

1703  Death of Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642) on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62   

1723  Death of Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. 1661) on March - 31.   

1727  On this day in history isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84   

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

1837  On this day in history john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60   

1850  On this day in history john Calhoun, dies at 68   

1855  Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1877  Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75 on March - 31.   

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

1881  On this day in history gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73   

1884  On March - 31 jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77   

1885  Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies on this day in history.   

1886  On March - 31 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  John Stainer, composer, dies at 60 on March - 31.   

1913  John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1914  Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

1927  On March - 31 death of borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1875)   

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

1931  On this day in history knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43   

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0250  On March - 31 birth of constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)   

1360  On March - 31 birth of philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)   

1425  Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468) was born on this day in history.   

1499  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65) was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  On March - 31 birth of henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)   

1519  On March - 31 birth of king Henry II of France (d. 1559)   

1536  Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.