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  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  On December - 31 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  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  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on December - 31.   

1460  Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443) on December - 31.   

1510  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1568  On December - 31 death of shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)   

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

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

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

1679  Death of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) on this day in history.   

1691  Death of Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641) on this day in history.   

1719  On this day in history john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.   

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.