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  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 May - 31.  

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)  

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on May - 31.  

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.  

1495  On May - 31 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  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on May - 31.  

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1558  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on May - 31.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)  

1799  On this day in history death of pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)  

1809  Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 on May - 31.  

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

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

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 May - 31.  

1847  On May - 31 death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)  

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 this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34  

1900  On this day in history 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  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  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.  

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

1557  On this day in history 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 May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)  

1640  On this day in history birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer