Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

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  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  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 December - 31.   

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   

1424  On this day in history death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

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 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  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1575  Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on December - 31.   

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

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

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73   

1733  On this day in history 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  Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

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