Famous Birthdays In December - 31

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

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 December - 31.  

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.  

1540  On December - 31 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 December - 31.  

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

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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  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.  

1805  On this day in history 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  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  Henry Hiles, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on December - 31.  

1857  On December - 31 birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)  

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 December - 31.  

1870  On December - 31 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 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 December - 31.  

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

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 December - 31.  

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on this day in history.  

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 December - 31.