Famous Deaths 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 May - 31.  

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 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  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on May - 31.  

1551  On this day in history aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies  

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

1567  On May - 31 pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies  

1594  On May - 31 tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75  

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

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

1680  On this day in history death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)  

1696  On this day in history heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75  

1740  On May - 31 frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51  

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on May - 31.  

1799  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

1809  On May - 31 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  Death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on May - 31.  

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on May - 31.  

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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration  

1472  On this day in history 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  Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer