Famous Deaths Happened In May - 31

0455  On this day in history 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 May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.   

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

1410  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  On this day in history 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 May - 31.   

1558  On this day in history death of philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1680  On May - 31 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 May - 31 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  On this day in history death of samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)   

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

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

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1848  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 31 leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69   

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history 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  Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on May - 31.   

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

1910  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history 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  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer