Post by Justin MJ

DECEMBER 31 Commodus (161-192 AD) 18th Roman Emperor (co-Emperor 177–80; 1510 Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 38 1535 William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) 1568 Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (daimyō), dies at 75 1575 Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist, dies at 73 1583 Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologist, dies at 59 1610 Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician who calculated π to 35 places, dies at 70 1616 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 1640 John Francis Regis, French priest and Roman Catholic saint, dies of pneumonia at 43 1647 Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies 1650 Dorgon, Manchu prince (Prince-Regent for Shunzhi Emperor, 1643-50) who introduced compulsory wearing of hair in queues for Han men, dies during a hunting trip at 38 1652 Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies 1673 Oliver St John, English statesman and judge 1679 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) 1691 Dudley North, English financier and economist (wrote work advocating for free-trade), dies at 50 John Flamsteed (1646-1719) English astronomer and 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 1733 Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven (Field Life); Minnezangen (Love Songs)), dies at 44 1742 Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1716-42), dies at 81 Richard Montgomery (1738-1775) Irish General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, dies in attack on Quebec at 37 1783 Gualtherus van Doeveren, Dutch physician, and educator (University of Groningen, Leiden University). dies of gout at 53 1799 Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer, dies at 76 1802 Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and US Founding Father (signed the Declaration of Independence), dies at 89 1802 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, German composer, dies at 53 1809 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 1818 Jean-Pierre Dup WARS... British - Japanese Parliamentary Group The Danish Parliament INDIAN PARLIAMENT American Institute of Parliamentarians British Gas Emmanuel Macron Giorgia Meloni Obama for America Bundesagentur für Arbeit Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg Robert Habeck FDP Freie Demokraten CDU Deutschlands Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung BNI Chapter Alexander von Humboldt Political Scientists POLITICO Europe Munich Security Conference World Health Organization Red Cross Next Gen Russian Federation - Russia Iranian Red Crescent Society Steve Waugh Foundation Adam Gilchrist Sreekala Andrews Citizen Digital Foundation Barbados Government Information Service Presidential Administration of Ukraine Narendra Modi MK Stalin CBRE Property Management CBRE Capital Markets CBRE Ireland Industrial & Logistics Tata Group World Health Organization UN Human Rights Council Investigative Bodies INTERPOL Europol Volgograd Police Academy of Russian Federation