Famous Deaths In December - 31

0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  On December - 31 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  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)   

1382  On this day in history daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

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

1424  On December - 31 death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1460  Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443) on December - 31.   

1510  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

1610  On December - 31 death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1719  John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on December - 31.   

1733  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on December - 31.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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