Famous Birthdays In December - 31

0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.  

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.  

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.  

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.  

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

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)  

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.  

1668  On this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist  

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

1724  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on December - 31.  

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

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 December - 31.  

1826  Henry Hiles, composer was born on this day in history.  

1830  On this day in history birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)  

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 this day in history birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer  

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

1857  King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.  

1859  Max Fiedler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)  

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

1864  On this day in history birth of robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)  

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on this day in history.  

1870  On December - 31 birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years  

1874  Ernest Austin, composer was born on December - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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0192  On December - 31 death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.