Famous Personalities Born In December - 31
Sunday, 06 July 2025
0695 Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.
1378 On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)
1378 On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
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 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.
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 On December - 31 birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
1738 On this day in history 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 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on this day in history.
1815 On December - 31 birth of george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872
1818 Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on December - 31.
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 this day in history.
1838 On this day in history birth of emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)
1846 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)
1846 Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on December - 31.
1855 Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
1874 On this day in history birth of ernest Austin, composer
1877 On this day in history birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
1878 On this day in history birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)