Famous Deaths Happened 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  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 December - 31.   

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On this day in history 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   

1424  On December - 31 death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1460  On this day in history death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)   

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  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1575  Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on December - 31.   

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  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.   

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

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on December - 31.   

1673  On this day in history death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

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

1691  Death of Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641) on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

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

1799  On this day in history death of jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)   

1802  On this day in history francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89   

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  On December - 31 oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

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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  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  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.   

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

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  On this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist