Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

0192  On December - 31 death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

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

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on this day in history.   

1297  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.   

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  On December - 31 death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

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 this day in history.   

1535  On December - 31 death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

1568  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)   

1575  Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1610  Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) on December - 31.   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1647  On December - 31 giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

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

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on December - 31.   

1673  On December - 31 death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1679  On December - 31 death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)   

1691  Death of Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1742  Death of Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British   

1799  On this day in history 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  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on December - 31.   

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on December - 31.   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.   

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

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 this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist