Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

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

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 December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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 this day in history.   

1297  On December - 31 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  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.   

1424  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on December - 31.   

1460  Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443) on December - 31.   

1510  Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on this day in history.   

1535  Death of William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) on this day in history.   

1568  On December - 31 death of shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)   

1575  On this day in history death of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)   

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

1610  On December - 31 death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)   

1616  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.   

1650  Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on December - 31.   

1652  On December - 31 frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

1673  On this day in history death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1679  Death of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) on December - 31.   

1691  Death of Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641) on December - 31.   

1719  John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1733  On December - 31 hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44   

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  Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1802  Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on December - 31.   

1809  On this day in history franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75   

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on December - 31.   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

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.