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 December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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  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 this day in history.   

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.   

1384  On this day in history john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies   

1424  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.   

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  Death of William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) on December - 31.   

1568  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

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

1583  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

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

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

1652  On this day in history frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

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

1679  Death of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) on this day in history.   

1691  On December - 31 death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)   

1719  On this day in history john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73   

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

1742  Death of Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) on December - 31.   

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 December - 31.   

1809  On December - 31 franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75   

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

1848  On this day in history oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

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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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.   

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