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 May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

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 May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history 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  Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59   

1665  On May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history 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  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on May - 31.   

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

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 May - 31.   

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1443  On this day in history 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 May - 31.   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

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

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

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

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.