Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

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

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.   

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