Famous Birthdays 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 this day in history.   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  On this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

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  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  On December - 31 birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer   

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on December - 31.   

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 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  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.   

1857  King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.   

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

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.   

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

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

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

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on this day in history.   

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0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

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

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

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