Famous Personalities Born In December - 31
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
0695 Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.
1378 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.
1378 Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.
1491 Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.
1514 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1724 On this day in history birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
1738 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
1799 Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.
1805 On December - 31 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 this day in history.
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 On December - 31 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 On December - 31 birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)
1846 Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet
1857 King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on December - 31.
1859 On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer
1860 Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on December - 31.
1863 On this day in history birth of alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)
1864 Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on this day in history.
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 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 December - 31.