Famous Personalities Born In December - 31

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 this day in history.   

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

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

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  On this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

1720  [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne was born on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1815  On December - 31 birth of george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872   

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

1825  Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on December - 31.   

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  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on December - 31.   

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

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet was born on December - 31.   

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

1859  Max Fiedler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1860  Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history birth of alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)   

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

1869  On this day in history birth of henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on December - 31.   

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0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  On this day in history 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 December - 31 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 this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.