Famous Deaths In December - 31

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

0439  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.   

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

1384  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

1510  On December - 31 death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)   

1535  On December - 31 death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

1568  On December - 31 death of shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)   

1575  Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on December - 31.   

1583  On December - 31 thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

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

1616  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1647  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1650  On this day in history death of dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

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

1679  On December - 31 death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)   

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  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1775  On December - 31 richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British   

1799  On this day in history death of jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)   

1802  On December - 31 francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89   

1809  On this day in history franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75   

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1848  On December - 31 oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

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

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 December - 31.   

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