Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

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

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

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on this day in history.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.   

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on December - 31.   

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  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  On December - 31 death of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)   

1535  On December - 31 death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

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

1610  On this day in history death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)   

1616  On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1647  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

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  On December - 31 death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1679  Death of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) on this day in history.   

1691  Death of Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641) on this day in history.   

1719  On December - 31 john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73   

1733  On this day in history hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44   

1742  Death of Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) on this day in history.   

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

1799  On December - 31 death of jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)   

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  On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77   

1848  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

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

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.   

1668  On December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist