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

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

1572  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1724  On this day in history birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer   

1738  Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on this day in history.   

1741  Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on December - 31.   

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  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1846  On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer   

1855  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

1857  On this day in history birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)   

1859  On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer   

1860  On this day in history birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 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  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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.