Famous Deaths Happened In May - 31

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on May - 31.   

1410  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

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 May - 31.   

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on May - 31.   

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 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  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

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

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

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

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

1799  On May - 31 death of pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)   

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

1831  On May - 31 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 this day in history death of philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)   

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on May - 31.   

1848  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 on May - 31.   

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on May - 31.   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

1908  On this day in history 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 May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On May - 31 birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

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

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

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