Famous Deaths In March - 31

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

1340  On this day in history ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies  

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

1547  On March - 31 death of francis I of France (b. 1494)  

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 March - 31.  

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

1656  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64 on March - 31.  

1671  On March - 31 death of anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1881  On March - 31 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 this day in history adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66  

1898  On this day in history edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies  

1900  On this day in history frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies  

1901  John Stainer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

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

1915  On March - 31 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 March - 31.  

1931  Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43 on March - 31.  

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0250  On this day in history 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  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 March - 31.  

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)