Famous Deaths Happened In May - 31

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1246  On this day in history death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on May - 31.   

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  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  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.   

1594  Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1620  Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1680  On this day in history death of joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)   

1696  On this day in history 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  Death of Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 31 death of Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)   

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

1846  Death of Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) on May - 31.   

1847  Death of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 31.   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on May - 31.   

1900  On this day in history james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75   

1906  Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1908  C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

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  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.   

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

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.