Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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

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

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 December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.   

1720  [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 31.   

1741  On this day in history birth of isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)   

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

1799  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress   

1825  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on December - 31.   

1826  On this day in history birth of henry Hiles, composer   

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 December - 31.   

1846  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

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

1855  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

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

1859  On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer   

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

1863  On this day in history 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  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on this day in history.   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer was born on December - 31.   

1877  Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  On December - 31 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.