Famous Deaths In December - 31
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0192 Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 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 this day in history.
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 December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)
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 December - 31.
1384 John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.
1424 Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.
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 December - 31.
1535 On December - 31 death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)
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 On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31
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 this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 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 December - 31 death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
1775 Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on this day in history.
1799 Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.
1802 Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on December - 31.
1809 On December - 31 franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75
1818 On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77
1848 Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
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