Famous Birthdays 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  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)  

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.  

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 December - 31.  

1724  On this day in history birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer  

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

1741  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 31 birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress  

1825  On December - 31 birth of francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

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

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on December - 31.  

1838  On this day in history 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  On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer  

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.  

1857  On December - 31 birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)  

1859  Max Fiedler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 31.  

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on this day in history.  

1874  On December - 31 birth of ernest Austin, composer  

1877  On this day in history birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)  

1878  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope  

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  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.