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 December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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1738  On this day in history 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  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 December - 31.  

1815  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.  

1818  Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on December - 31.  

1825  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1838  On December - 31 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 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  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on December - 31.  

1864  On this day in history birth of robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)  

1869  On December - 31 birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)  

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on December - 31.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0335  On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope  

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

0439  On December - 31 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  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)  

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

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)