Famous Deaths In March - 31

1074  On March - 31 death of regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992)  

1340  Ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1621  On March - 31 felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42  

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

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

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 March - 31.  

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  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 this day in history antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75  

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

1885  On March - 31 franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies  

1886  Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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

1900  On March - 31 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  John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 on March - 31.  

1914  On March - 31 ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42  

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 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 this day in history 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  On March - 31 birth of guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)  

1519  Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59) was born on March - 31.  

1519  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of France (d. 1559)  

1536  Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) was born on March - 31.