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 May - 31.  

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

1246  On May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England  

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  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  On this day in history aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies  

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  On May - 31 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  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on May - 31.  

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

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  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history 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  On May - 31 death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)  

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 this day in history.  

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on May - 31.  

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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  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on this day in history.  

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

1640  Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

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