Famous Birthdays In December - 31
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0695 On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
1378 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.
1378 Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.
1491 On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
1514 On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)
1540 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.
1572 Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1668 Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.
1720 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne was born on December - 31.
1724 On December - 31 birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
1738 On December - 31 birth of charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"
1741 Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.
1763 Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on December - 31.
1799 Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on this day in history.
1805 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on December - 31.
1815 On this day in history birth of george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872
1818 On December - 31 birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress
1825 Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.
1826 Henry Hiles, composer was born on December - 31.
1830 On this day in history birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)
1838 Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) was born on this day in history.
1846 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on this day in history.
1846 On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer
1855 Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.
1857 King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on December - 31.
1859 Max Fiedler, composer was born on December - 31.
1860 On this day in history birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)
1863 Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on December - 31.
1864 Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on December - 31.
1869 Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on December - 31.
1870 Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on December - 31.
1874 Ernest Austin, composer was born on this day in history.
1877 Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.
1878 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on this day in history.