Famous Deaths In May - 31

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

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.  

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies  

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

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)  

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

1594  Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on May - 31.  

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1665  On this day in history pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67  

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 May - 31.  

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

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1846  On May - 31 death of philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1900  On May - 31 james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75  

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

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.  

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  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.