Famous Birthdays In December - 31

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

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

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

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

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

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

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

1720  [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne was born on December - 31.   

1724  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1738  Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on December - 31.   

1741  On this day in history birth of isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)   

1763  On December - 31 birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)   

1799  On this day in history birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer   

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on this day in history.   

1815  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.   

1818  On December - 31 birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress   

1825  On this day in history birth of francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1826  Henry Hiles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1830  On December - 31 birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)   

1838  On December - 31 birth of emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

1846  On December - 31 birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on December - 31.   

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on December - 31.   

1857  On December - 31 birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.   

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history birth of robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)   

1869  On this day in history birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on December - 31.   

1874  On December - 31 birth of ernest Austin, composer   

1877  On this day in history birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)   

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on this day in history.   

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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 December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On this day in history 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  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.