Famous Birthdays In December - 31

0695  On this day in history 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 December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)  

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 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  Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on December - 31.  

1741  Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.  

1763  On December - 31 birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)  

1799  On December - 31 birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer  

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on this day in history.  

1815  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.  

1818  On December - 31 birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress  

1825  On this day in history birth of francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

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  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on this day in history.  

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on December - 31.  

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  On this day in history birth of max Fiedler, composer  

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on December - 31.  

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  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  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  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56  

1164  On December - 31 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  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.  

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.