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 this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.  

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 31.  

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 December - 31.  

1724  On December - 31 birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer  

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1738  On December - 31 birth of charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"  

1741  On December - 31 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer  

1805  On December - 31 birth of marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife)  

1815  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1826  Henry Hiles, composer was born on December - 31.  

1830  On December - 31 birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)  

1838  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer  

1860  On this day in history birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)  

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on December - 31.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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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  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle  

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  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.  

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.