Famous Deaths In December - 31
Sunday, 28 May 2023
0192 Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.
0335 On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope
0406 On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle
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 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 December - 31.
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 December - 31.
1424 Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.
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 December - 31 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 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 Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on this day in history.
1610 Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) on December - 31.
1616 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.
1647 On December - 31 giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies
1650 Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.
1652 On this day in history frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
1673 Death of Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on December - 31.
1679 On this day in history death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
1691 On December - 31 death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)
1719 John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1733 Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on this day in history.
1742 Death of Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) on December - 31.
1775 On this day in history 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 Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1848 Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on December - 31.
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