Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  On May - 31 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 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 May - 31.   

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  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on May - 31.   

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on May - 31.   

1594  On this day in history tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75   

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

1665  Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51   

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

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

1832  On May - 31 death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)   

1837  On May - 31 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

1846  On May - 31 death of philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)   

1847  On May - 31 death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)   

1848  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 31 hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56   

1908  C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies on this day in history.   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on May - 31.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

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

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

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