Famous Deaths 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  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies   

1424  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.   

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  Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on December - 31.   

1535  On this day in history death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

1568  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on December - 31.   

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

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 December - 31.   

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

1652  On December - 31 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  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 December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

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  On December - 31 death of jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)   

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

1809  On this day in history franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75   

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on December - 31.   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.   

1668  On December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist