Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched  

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.  

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies  

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.  

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

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)  

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 this day in history aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies  

1558  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on this day in history.  

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.  

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

1620  On this day in history willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59  

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

1680  On May - 31 death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)  

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on May - 31.  

1740  On May - 31 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 May - 31.  

1809  Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.  

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

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

1837  On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57  

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on this day in history.  

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  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on May - 31.  

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

1900  On May - 31 james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75  

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 May - 31 elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89  

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.  

1469  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration  

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 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  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer