Famous Deaths In March - 31

1074  Death of Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992) on March - 31.   

1340  On March - 31 ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies   

1389  Death of Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered on this day in history.   

1547  Death of Francis I of France (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1567  Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history death of juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered   

1621  Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42 on March - 31.   

1631  On March - 31 john Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)   

1656  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1671  Death of Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637) on this day in history.   

1703  Death of Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642) on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62   

1723  Death of Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. 1661) on this day in history.   

1727  Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 on March - 31.   

1741  On March - 31 peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72   

1837  John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1850  On March - 31 john Calhoun, dies at 68   

1855  On March - 31 charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38   

1877  On March - 31 antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75   

1880  On this day in history henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44   

1881  On March - 31 gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73   

1884  Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 on March - 31.   

1885  Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57   

1892  Adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66 on March - 31.   

1898  Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 31 frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies   

1901  John Stainer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1913  On March - 31 john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75   

1914  Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1915  Death of Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882) on March - 31.   

1927  Death of Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1875) on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82   

1931  Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43 on March - 31.   

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0250  On March - 31 birth of constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)   

1360  On this day in history birth of philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)   

1425  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)   

1499  On March - 31 birth of pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)   

1504  On this day in history birth of guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)   

1519  On March - 31 birth of henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)   

1519  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of France (d. 1559)   

1536  Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) was born on March - 31.