Famous Deaths In December - 31

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 December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle  

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56  

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)  

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.  

1297  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)  

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)  

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on December - 31.  

1384  On December - 31 john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies  

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1424  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.  

1460  Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443) on this day in history.  

1510  On December - 31 death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)  

1535  Death of William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) on December - 31.  

1568  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on December - 31.  

1575  On this day in history death of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)  

1583  On December - 31 thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies  

1610  Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) on December - 31.  

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.  

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1650  Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on December - 31.  

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on December - 31.  

1673  On December - 31 death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge  

1679  On December - 31 death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)  

1691  On December - 31 death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)  

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

1733  On December - 31 hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44  

1742  On this day in history death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)  

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

1799  On this day in history death of jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)  

1802  On this day in history francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89  

1809  On December - 31 franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75  

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on December - 31.  

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on December - 31.  

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.  

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

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

1491  On this day in history 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  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.  

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.