Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.  

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies  

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.  

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on May - 31.  

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.  

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  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on May - 31.  

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

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1558  On May - 31 death of philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)  

1567  On May - 31 pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies  

1594  On May - 31 tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75  

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

1665  On this day in history pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67  

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on May - 31.  

1696  On May - 31 heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75  

1740  On this day in history frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51  

1747  On May - 31 death of andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)  

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

1809  On May - 31 ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33  

1831  On this day in history death of samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)  

1832  On May - 31 death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)  

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on May - 31.  

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

1847  On May - 31 death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)  

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

1849  On May - 31 leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69  

1854  On this day in history vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34  

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on this day in history.  

1900  James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1906  On May - 31 hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56  

1908  On May - 31 c L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies  

1910  On this day in history elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89  

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1443  On this day in history 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  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on May - 31.  

1557  On May - 31 birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)  

1557  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)  

1613  On this day in history birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)  

1640  On this day in history birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.