Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

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

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

0406  On December - 31 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 this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

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 December - 31.   

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

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On December - 31 death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1460  On this day in history death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)   

1510  On this day in history death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)   

1535  On this day in history death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

1568  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)   

1575  On December - 31 death of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)   

1583  On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1610  On December - 31 death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)   

1616  On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.   

1650  Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.   

1652  On December - 31 frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

1673  On this day in history death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1679  Death of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) on December - 31.   

1691  On this day in history death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)   

1719  John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on December - 31.   

1733  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1742  Death of Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) on this day in history.   

1775  On December - 31 richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British   

1799  Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1802  On December - 31 francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89   

1809  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1818  On December - 31 jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77   

1848  On this day in history oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.   

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.