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  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 this day in history 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  On December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist  

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 December - 31.  

1763  Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer  

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on December - 31.  

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  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  Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) was born on this day in history.  

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

1857  King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on December - 31.  

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  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 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 December - 31 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

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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  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  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.