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  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.  

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.  

1194  On December - 31 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  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.  

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

1460  On December - 31 death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)  

1510  Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on this day in history.  

1535  On December - 31 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  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  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  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies  

1650  On this day in history death of dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)  

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

1673  Death of Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.  

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

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

1719  John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44  

1742  On December - 31 death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)  

1775  Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on December - 31.  

1799  On December - 31 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 December - 31.  

1809  On this day in history franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75  

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

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)  

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)  

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.