Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  On this day in history 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  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.  

1246  On this day in history death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England  

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.  

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

1551  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59  

1665  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67  

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on this day in history.  

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1809  On May - 31 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  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  On May - 31 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 this day in history 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  On May - 31 hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56  

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

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  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  On this day in history 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.