Famous Birthdays In December - 31

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

1378  On this day in history 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 December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)  

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.  

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 December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist  

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

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  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 December - 31.  

1799  On this day in history birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer  

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  Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on this day in history.  

1825  On December - 31 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 December - 31.  

1838  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer  

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on December - 31.  

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  On December - 31 birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)  

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years  

1874  Ernest Austin, composer was born on December - 31.  

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

1878  On December - 31 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

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0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31  

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.  

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.  

0439  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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)