Famous Deaths In May - 31

0455  On this day in history 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 May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies  

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on May - 31.  

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1567  On this day in history pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies  

1594  On this day in history tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75  

1620  On this day in history willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59  

1665  On this day in history pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67  

1680  Death of Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) on this day in history.  

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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  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  On May - 31 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  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  On May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)  

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 May - 31.  

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

1640  On May - 31 birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer