Famous Personalities Born In December - 31
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
0695 On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
1378 On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)
1378 Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.
1491 Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.
1514 On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)
1540 On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)
1572 Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.
1668 Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.
1720 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne was born on December - 31.
1724 On this day in history birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
1738 Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on December - 31.
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 this day in history.
1799 On this day in history birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer
1805 On this day in history birth of marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife)
1815 George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.
1818 Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on this day in history.
1825 Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on December - 31.
1826 On this day in history birth of henry Hiles, composer
1830 On December - 31 birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)
1838 Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) was born on December - 31.
1846 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on this day in history.
1846 Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on December - 31.
1855 Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on December - 31.
1857 King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on December - 31.
1859 Max Fiedler, composer was born on December - 31.
1860 Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on December - 31.
1863 Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on December - 31.
1864 Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on this day in history.
1869 Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on this day in history.
1870 On this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
1874 Ernest Austin, composer was born on this day in history.
1877 On this day in history birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
1878 On December - 31 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)