Famous Personalities Born In December - 31
Friday, 18 July 2025
0695 On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
1378 On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)
1378 Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.
1491 On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
1514 On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)
1540 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.
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 On this day in history birth of [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne
1724 On this day in history 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 Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.
1799 Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.
1805 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on this day in history.
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 On December - 31 birth of francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1826 On December - 31 birth of henry Hiles, composer
1830 Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on this day in history.
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 December - 31.
1846 Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on this day in history.
1855 Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.
1857 On this day in history birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)
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 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 December - 31.
1874 Ernest Austin, composer was born on this day in history.
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.