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

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

1410  On May - 31 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 May - 31 aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies  

1558  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on this day in history.  

1567  On May - 31 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  On May - 31 death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)  

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 May - 31.  

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on May - 31.  

1799  On this day in history 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  On May - 31 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  On May - 31 death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)  

1848  On May - 31 death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)  

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

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on May - 31.  

1862  On May - 31 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  On this day in history hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56  

1908  On this day in history c L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies  

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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