Famous Personalities Born In December - 31
Thursday, 03 April 2025
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 Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.
1491 On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
1514 On December - 31 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 December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
1668 Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.
1720 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne was born on this day in history.
1724 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer was born on this day in history.
1738 Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" was born on December - 31.
1741 Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.
1763 Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806) was born on December - 31.
1799 Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer was born on December - 31.
1805 On this day in history birth of marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife)
1815 On this day in history 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 December - 31.
1830 Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) was born on this day in history.
1838 Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) was born on December - 31.
1846 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) was born on this day in history.
1846 On this day in history birth of richard Kleinmichel, composer
1855 On December - 31 birth of giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet
1857 On this day in history birth of king Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1859 Max Fiedler, composer was born on this day in history.
1860 Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937) was born on December - 31.
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 this day in history.
1869 On December - 31 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 On this day in history birth of lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
1878 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on this day in history.