Famous Deaths Happened In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

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

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on May - 31.   

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

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 31.   

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

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

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

1594  Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on May - 31.   

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 May - 31 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  On this day in history ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33   

1831  Death of Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) on May - 31.   

1832  On May - 31 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  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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

1640  On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer