Famous Personalities Born In December - 31
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
0695 Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.
1378 On December - 31 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 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 December - 31 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 December - 31.
1724 On December - 31 birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
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 On December - 31 birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
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 George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.
1818 Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1830 On December - 31 birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)
1838 Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) was born on this day in history.
1846 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)
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 Max Fiedler, composer was born on December - 31.
1860 On this day in history 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 Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on December - 31.
1869 Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on this day in history.
1870 On December - 31 birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
1874 On this day in history birth of ernest Austin, composer
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)