Famous Deaths In December - 31

0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

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  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)   

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On this day in history death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1460  On December - 31 death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)   

1510  On this day in history death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)   

1535  Death of William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) on December - 31.   

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

1575  On this day in history death of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)   

1583  On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1610  Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) on December - 31.   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.   

1650  On December - 31 death of dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on December - 31.   

1673  Death of Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on December - 31.   

1679  On this day in history death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)   

1691  On December - 31 death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)   

1719  John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on December - 31.   

1733  On December - 31 hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44   

1742  On this day in history death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)   

1775  Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on December - 31.   

1799  Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on December - 31.   

1802  On this day in history francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89   

1809  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.   

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

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

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

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

1540  On December - 31 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 December - 31.