Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.   

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

1378  On December - 31 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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

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

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.   

1720  On this day in history birth of [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne   

1724  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on December - 31.   

1738  On December - 31 birth of charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"   

1741  On December - 31 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 December - 31 birth of thomas Taglichsbeck, composer   

1805  On December - 31 birth of marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife)   

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

1818  On this day in history birth of maria J Small-Gartmann, actress   

1825  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history birth of henry Hiles, composer   

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on this day in history.   

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

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on December - 31.   

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

1855  On December - 31 birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

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

1859  On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer   

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on December - 31.   

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

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on December - 31.   

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on December - 31.   

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on this day in history.   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer was born on December - 31.   

1877  Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.   

1878  On December - 31 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

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0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  On this day in history 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 this day in history.