Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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

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

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

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 December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

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

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

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

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  Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

1799  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.   

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on December - 31.   

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

1818  Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on this day in history.   

1825  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on December - 31.   

1826  Henry Hiles, composer was born on December - 31.   

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

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

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on this day in history.   

1846  On December - 31 birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer   

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on this day in history.   

1857  King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on December - 31.   

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

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

1869  On December - 31 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  Ernest Austin, composer was born on December - 31.   

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

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  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)