Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  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  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 December - 31.   

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

1460  Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443) on December - 31.   

1510  Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on this day in history.   

1535  Death of William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) on this day in history.   

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

1575  Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on December - 31.   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1650  Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)   

1719  John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1733  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on December - 31.   

1742  Death of Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) on December - 31.   

1775  On December - 31 richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British   

1799  Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1802  On December - 31 francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89   

1809  On December - 31 franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75   

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on December - 31.   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.   

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

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

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.   

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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