Famous Deaths In May - 31

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

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

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

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)   

1504  On this day in history engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies   

1551  Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies on May - 31.   

1558  Death of Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) on this day in history.   

1567  On May - 31 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 May - 31 pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

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

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

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on May - 31.   

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

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  Death of Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) on May - 31.   

1832  Death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

1846  On May - 31 death of philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)   

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on May - 31.   

1848  Death of Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) on May - 31.   

1849  On May - 31 leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69   

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on May - 31.   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

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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 May - 31.   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on May - 31.   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

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