Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

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 December - 31 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  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 this day in history.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)   

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 this day in history death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1460  On December - 31 death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)   

1510  On December - 31 death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)   

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

1568  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on December - 31.   

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

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)   

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

1647  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1650  Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.   

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

1673  Death of Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on December - 31.   

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

1691  On this day in history death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)   

1719  On December - 31 john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73   

1733  On this day in history hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44   

1742  On this day in history death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)   

1775  Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on this day in history.   

1799  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1809  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.