Day 2 Day History

Dec 31 1378

Pope Callixtus III [Alfonso de Borgia] head of the Catholic Church & ruler of the Papal States (1455-58) born in Kingdom of Valencia (d. 1458)

Dec 31 1514

Andreas Vesalius [Andries van Wesel] Flemish-Netherlandish physician and anatomist (De humani corporis fabrica) born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1564)

Dec 31 1540

Silvio Antoniano Italian cardinaltheologist (Tre libri)

Dec 31 1573

Giulio Cesare Monteverdi Italian composer (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) born in Italy (d. 1630 or 31)

Dec 31 1668

Hermannus Boerhaave Dutch botanist & physician born in Voorhout Netherlands (d. 1738)

Dec 31 1720

[Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion) born in Rome (d. 1788)

Dec 31 1724

Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel Czech organist & composer born in Laho Czech Republic (d. 1788)

Dec 31 1741

Isabella Maria of Parma wife of future Holy Roman emperor born in Madrid Spain (d. 1763)

Dec 31 1763

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve French admiral born in Valensole France (d. 1806)

Dec 31 1799

Thomas Taglichsbeck German violinist & composer born in Ansbach Germany (d. 1867)

Dec 31 1805

Marie dAgoult (Daniel Stern) French author (Knife) born in Frankfurt Germany (d. 1876)

Dec 31 1815

George Gordon Meade Spanish-American Major General (Union Army) born in Cdiz Spain (d. 1872)

Dec 31 1818

Maria Gartmann Dutch actress born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1885)

Dec 31 1825

Francis Trowbridge Sherman American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Newtown Connecticut (d. 1905)

Dec 31 1826

Henry Hiles English composer born in Shrewsbury (d. 1904)

Dec 31 1830

Ismail Pasha Khedive of Egypt (1863-79) born in Cairo Egypt (d. 1895)

Dec 31 1838

Emile Loubet French politician (President 1899-1906) born in Marsanne France (d. 1929)

Dec 31 1846

Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis vicarDutch anarchist (Right for all)

Dec 31 1846

Richard Kleinmichel Russian composer born in Pozna Poland (d. 1901)

Dec 31 1855

Giovanni Pascoli Italian classicist & poet born in San Mauro Pascoli Italy (d. 1912)

Dec 31 1857

King Kelly American baseball player born in Troy New York (d. 1894)

Dec 31 1859

Max Fiedler German conductor and composer born in Zittau Saxony (d. 1939)

Dec 31 1860

Joseph S. Cullinan American oil industrialist born in Pennsylvania United States (d. 1937)

Dec 31 1863

Alfredo Panzini Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) born in Senigallia Italy (d. 1939)

Dec 31 1864

Robert G Aitken American astronomer (Binary Stars) born in Jackson California (d. 1951)

Dec 31 1870

Thomas Connolly English-American baseball umpire born in Manchester United Kingdom (d. 1961)

Dec 31 1874

Ernest Austin English composer born in Poplar London (d. 1947)

Dec 31 1877

Lawrence Beesley English journalist and author born in Wirksworth United Kingdom (d. 1967)

Dec 31 1878

Horacio Quiroga Uruguayan playwright poet and short story writer (Anaconda El Crimen del Otro) born in Salto Uruguay (d. 1937)

Dec 31 1878

Elizabeth Arden Canadian businesswoman born in Woodbridge Ontario (d. 1966)

Dec 31 1880

Fred Beebe American baseball player born in Lincoln Nebraska (d. 1957)

Dec 31 1881

Colin G Fink American chemist (electro chemistry) born in Hoboken New Jersey

Dec 31 1881

Jacob Isral de Haan Dutch poetwriter (Pipelines Jewish Song) born in Holland Netherlands (d. 1924)

Dec 31 1229 James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (Palma) consummating Christian conquest of the island of Majorca

Dec 31 1502 Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino

Dec 31 1564 Willem van Orange demands freedom of consciencereligion

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