Famous Birthdays In December - 31

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

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)  

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  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)  

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  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  Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on December - 31.  

1799  On December - 31 birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer  

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

1815  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on this day in history.  

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 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  On December - 31 birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)  

1846  On this day in history birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer  

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on this day in history.  

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

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.  

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.  

0439  On this day in history 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.