Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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 this day in history.   

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.   

1720  On this day in history birth of [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne   

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 this day in history.   

1741  Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on December - 31.   

1763  Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

1799  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.   

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on this day in history.   

1815  On December - 31 birth of george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872   

1818  Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on December - 31.   

1825  On December - 31 birth of francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1826  On December - 31 birth of henry Hiles, composer   

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 31.   

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer was born on December - 31.   

1860  On December - 31 birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)   

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 December - 31.   

1869  On this day in history birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

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  On December - 31 birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)   

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on December - 31.   

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0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

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

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)