Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history 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 May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

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

1410  On May - 31 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 May - 31.   

1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on this day in history.   

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on May - 31.   

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

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history death of andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)   

1799  On May - 31 death of pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)   

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

1831  Death of Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) on this day in history.   

1832  Death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) on May - 31.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on this day in history.   

1900  James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 31.   

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  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

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

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