Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.  

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

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.  

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

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.  

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)  

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.  

1495  On May - 31 death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)  

1504  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on May - 31.  

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on this day in history.  

1558  On May - 31 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  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1665  Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 on May - 31.  

1680  On this day in history death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)  

1696  On this day in history heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75  

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

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 this day in history.  

1831  Death of Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) on May - 31.  

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

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  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on May - 31.  

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

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 on May - 31.  

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

1862  On May - 31 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 this day in history.  

1906  On May - 31 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 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  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  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)  

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.  

1640  On May - 31 birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

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