Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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

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

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

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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

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 this day in history.   

1724  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1763  On December - 31 birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)   

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 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  On this day in history birth of emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

1846  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1870  On this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

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

1877  On this day in history birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)   

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

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0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

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

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

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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.