Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31
Saturday, 15 March 2025
0192 Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.
0335 Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.
0406 On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle
0439 On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56
1164 Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.
1194 Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.
1297 On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)
1302 On this day in history 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 John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.
1424 Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.
1460 On this day in history death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)
1510 On December - 31 death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)
1535 On this day in history death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)
1568 Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on this day in history.
1575 Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.
1583 Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on this day in history.
1610 On December - 31 death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)
1616 On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31
1647 Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.
1650 Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.
1652 On this day in history 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 December - 31.
1691 On December - 31 death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)
1719 John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1733 On December - 31 hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44
1742 On December - 31 death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
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 On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77
1848 Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on December - 31.
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