Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.   

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  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.   

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

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1668  On December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

1720  On December - 31 birth of [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne   

1724  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.   

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 this day in history birth of henry Hiles, composer   

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

1838  On December - 31 birth of emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.   

1863  On December - 31 birth of alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)   

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

1874  On December - 31 birth of ernest Austin, composer   

1877  Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

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

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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

1194  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

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

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