Famous Birthdays In December - 31

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

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

1378  On December - 31 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  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   

1720  On December - 31 birth of [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne   

1724  On December - 31 birth of franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer   

1738  Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on December - 31.   

1741  On this day in history birth of isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)   

1763  On this day in history birth of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)   

1799  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.   

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) was born on December - 31.   

1815  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on this day in history.   

1818  Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress was born on December - 31.   

1825  On December - 31 birth of francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1826  On December - 31 birth of henry Hiles, composer   

1830  On this day in history birth of ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)   

1838  Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) was born on December - 31.   

1846  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1855  On December - 31 birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

1857  On December - 31 birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)   

1859  On December - 31 birth of max Fiedler, composer   

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on December - 31.   

1863  On December - 31 birth of alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)   

1864  On this day in history birth of robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)   

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) was born on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history birth of thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer was born on December - 31.   

1877  Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.   

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on this day in history.   

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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 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 December - 31.   

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

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)