Famous Birthdays In December - 31

0695  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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1738  On December - 31 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  On December - 31 birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)  

1799  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on this day in history.  

1805  On December - 31 birth of marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife)  

1815  On this day in history birth of george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872  

1818  On this day in history birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress  

1825  On this day in history birth of francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

1826  Henry Hiles, composer was born on December - 31.  

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 31 birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet  

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

1859  On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer  

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

1863  On this day in history birth of alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)  

1864  On this day in history birth of robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)  

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

1877  Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on December - 31.  

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

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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 this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope  

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle  

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.  

1194  On December - 31 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  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.