Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.   

1540  On December - 31 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 December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

1720  On December - 31 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  Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on December - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1818  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1838  Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) was born on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1846  On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer   

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

1857  King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer   

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

1863  On December - 31 birth of alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)   

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

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

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 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  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.   

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.