Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

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

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

1720  On December - 31 birth of [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne   

1724  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on December - 31.   

1738  On this day in history birth of charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"   

1741  Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on December - 31.   

1763  Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on December - 31.   

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  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

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  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 this day in history birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on December - 31.   

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  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.   

1194  On this day in history 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  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)