Famous Deaths In March - 31

1074  Death of Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992) on March - 31.  

1340  On March - 31 ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies  

1389  On this day in history death of everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered  

1547  On this day in history death of francis I of France (b. 1494)  

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 March - 31.  

1631  John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 31.  

1656  On March - 31 pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64  

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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62 on March - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

1741  On March - 31 peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72  

1837  On March - 31 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60  

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

1855  On March - 31 charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38  

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

1880  Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44 on March - 31.  

1881  Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1884  Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 on March - 31.  

1885  Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies on March - 31.  

1886  On March - 31 giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57  

1892  Adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1898  Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies on this day in history.  

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 March - 31.  

1914  Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42 on March - 31.  

1915  On March - 31 death of wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882)  

1927  Death of Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1875) on this day in history.  

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  Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415) was born on March - 31.  

1425  On March - 31 birth of bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)  

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

1504  On this day in history birth of guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)  

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

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

1536  On March - 31 birth of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)