Famous Birthdays In December - 31

0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 December - 31.  

1720  [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne was born on December - 31.  

1724  On December - 31 birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer  

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1738  Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on December - 31.  

1741  On December - 31 birth of isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)  

1763  Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1818  On December - 31 birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress  

1825  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.  

1826  On December - 31 birth of henry Hiles, composer  

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  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 December - 31 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  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of ernest Austin, composer  

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

1878  On December - 31 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  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.  

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.  

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.