Famous Deaths Happened 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  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  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

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

1551  On this day in history 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  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on May - 31.   

1665  Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1696  Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 on May - 31.   

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1747  Death of Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

1831  On May - 31 death of samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)   

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

1847  On May - 31 death of thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)   

1848  On May - 31 death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)   

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

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  James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on May - 31.   

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1443  On May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on this day in history.   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

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

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

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