Famous Birthdays In December - 31

0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)  

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)  

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

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

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.  

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

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 December - 31.  

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

1799  On December - 31 birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer  

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

1815  On this day in history birth of george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872  

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 this day in history.  

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  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on this day in history.  

1846  On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer  

1855  On December - 31 birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet  

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

1859  On this day in history birth of max Fiedler, composer  

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

1863  On this day in history birth of alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)  

1864  On December - 31 birth of robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)  

1869  On December - 31 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 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  On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope  

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)  

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)  

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 December - 31.