Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

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  On December - 31 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 this day in history.  

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.  

1384  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on this day in history.  

1535  Death of William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) on this day in history.  

1568  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)  

1575  On December - 31 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  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31  

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

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

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

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  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on December - 31.  

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

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

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  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77  

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 this day in history.  

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

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

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  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.