Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

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

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

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

1551  On May - 31 aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies   

1558  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on May - 31.   

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

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

1620  On May - 31 willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59   

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

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on May - 31.   

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

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

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

1799  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on May - 31.   

1809  Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 on May - 31.   

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

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

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 on May - 31.   

1854  On this day in history vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34   

1862  On May - 31 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 this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

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  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.