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 May - 31.  

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.  

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

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  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1594  On this day in history 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 May - 31.  

1740  On May - 31 frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51  

1747  On May - 31 death of andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)  

1799  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

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

1831  On May - 31 death of samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)  

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

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on May - 31.  

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on this day in history.  

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

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on this day in history.  

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.  

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)  

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 May - 31.  

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