Famous Deaths Happened In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

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 May - 31.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)   

1504  On May - 31 engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies   

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

1558  On this day in history death of philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)   

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on May - 31.   

1594  Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on May - 31.   

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1665  Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 on May - 31.   

1680  On this day in history death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)   

1696  On this day in history heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75   

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on May - 31.   

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on May - 31.   

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  Death of Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) on May - 31.   

1832  On this day in history death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)   

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

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on May - 31.   

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)   

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1854  On May - 31 vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34   

1862  On May - 31 robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

1900  James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on May - 31.   

1906  Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1908  C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies on May - 31.   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on May - 31.   

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1443  On May - 31 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 this day in history.   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on May - 31.   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

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

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

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