Famous Birthdays In December - 31

0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.  

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)  

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)  

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  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1738  Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on this day in history.  

1741  On this day in history birth of isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)  

1763  On this day in history birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)  

1799  On December - 31 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  On this day in history birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress  

1825  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on December - 31.  

1826  On December - 31 birth of henry Hiles, composer  

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 December - 31.  

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on December - 31.  

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on December - 31.  

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  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on December - 31.  

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on this day in history.  

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  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history birth of ernest Austin, composer  

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.  

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0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.  

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.  

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle  

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.  

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.  

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on this day in history.  

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)  

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.