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 this day in history.  

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies  

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

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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  On May - 31 willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59  

1665  On this day in history pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67  

1680  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 31 ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33  

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 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  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 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 May - 31.  

1900  James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on May - 31.  

1906  Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on May - 31.  

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  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.  

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 May - 31.  

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

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

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