Famous Deaths In May - 31

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

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies  

1198  On this day in history 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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1504  On May - 31 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  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.  

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

1680  On May - 31 death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)  

1696  On May - 31 heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75  

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on May - 31.  

1747  On May - 31 death of andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)  

1799  On this day in history death of pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)  

1809  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)  

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on May - 31.  

1849  On this day in history leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69  

1854  On May - 31 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 this day in history.  

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

1908  On May - 31 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 May - 31.  

1640  On this day in history birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

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