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

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

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 December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)   

1382  On December - 31 daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.   

1424  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history 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  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

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

1616  On December - 31 jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1647  On December - 31 giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1650  On this day in history death of dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

1673  Death of Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.   

1679  On December - 31 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

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

1809  On this day in history franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75   

1818  On December - 31 jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77   

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

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

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

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

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

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.