Famous Birthdays In December - 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 December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.   

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

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

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

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

1724  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1738  On December - 31 birth of charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"   

1741  Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on December - 31.   

1763  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

1815  George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872 was born on December - 31.   

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  Henry Hiles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on December - 31.   

1838  On December - 31 birth of emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

1846  On December - 31 birth of ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1846  Richard Kleinmichel, composer was born on December - 31.   

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

1857  King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history birth of max Fiedler, composer   

1860  On December - 31 birth of joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)   

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) was born on this day in history.   

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) was born on December - 31.   

1869  On December - 31 birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years was born on December - 31.   

1874  On December - 31 birth of ernest Austin, composer   

1877  On this day in history birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)   

1878  On December - 31 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

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0192  On December - 31 death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

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