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  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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

1194  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

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 December - 31.   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 31.   

1535  On this day in history death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

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

1610  Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1650  On December - 31 death of dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)   

1652  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

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

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

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

1818  On December - 31 jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77   

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 this day in history.   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

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

1514  On December - 31 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  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.