Famous Birthdays In December - 31

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

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.   

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.   

1738  On this day in history birth of charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"   

1741  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872   

1818  On this day in history birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress   

1825  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.   

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  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on December - 31.   

1846  On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer   

1855  On December - 31 birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

1857  On December - 31 birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer was born on December - 31.   

1860  On December - 31 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  On December - 31 birth of robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)   

1869  On this day in history birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history birth of ernest Austin, composer   

1877  Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on December - 31.   

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on this day in history.   

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0192  On December - 31 death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.   

1194  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On December - 31 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.