Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 December - 31.   

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

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  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on December - 31.   

1826  Henry Hiles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)   

1838  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1869  On December - 31 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  On this day in history birth of ernest Austin, composer   

1877  On December - 31 birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)   

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 December - 31.   

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

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