Famous Deaths Happened In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.   

1504  On May - 31 engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies   

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on this day in history.   

1558  On May - 31 death of philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)   

1567  On May - 31 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  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  On this day in history heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1900  On May - 31 james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75   

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  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1472  On May - 31 birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On May - 31 birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

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

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

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

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