Famous Birthdays In December - 31

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

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1514  On December - 31 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 December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

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  On December - 31 birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer   

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 December - 31.   

1763  On this day in history birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)   

1799  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.   

1805  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1818  On December - 31 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  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

1860  On December - 31 birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)   

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on this day in history.   

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on December - 31.   

1869  On December - 31 birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

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

1874  On December - 31 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  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

0335  On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

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

1297  On this day in history 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.