Famous Deaths In May - 31

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

1091  On May - 31 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  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)  

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 May - 31.  

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.  

1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1567  On this day in history pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies  

1594  On this day in history tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75  

1620  On May - 31 willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59  

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

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

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

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on this day in history.  

1799  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on May - 31.  

1809  On this day in history ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33  

1831  On May - 31 death of samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)  

1832  Death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) on May - 31.  

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 this day in history death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)  

1848  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on May - 31.  

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

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.  

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

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.  

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.  

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer