Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

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  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 this day in history birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer   

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  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 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  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 December - 31.   

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

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 December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

1857  King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on December - 31.   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer was born on December - 31.   

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

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

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on this day in history.   

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1878  On December - 31 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

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0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

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  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.   

1194  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)