Famous Birthdays In December - 31

0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.  

1668  On this day in history 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 December - 31.  

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  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on December - 31.  

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 December - 31 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 December - 31.  

1846  On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)  

1863  On December - 31 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 this day in history birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)  

1870  On December - 31 birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years  

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

1877  Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.  

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on December - 31.  

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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 December - 31.  

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

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)