Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer on December - 31.   

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) on December - 31.   

1831  On this day in history gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.   

1838  On December - 31 emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

1841  Alabama becomes first state to license dental surgeons on December - 31.   

1841  Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons on December - 31.   

1846  On this day in history ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1848  On this day in history oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

1852  Future president & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry on this day in history.   

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet on December - 31.   

1857  Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capitol of Canada on December - 31.   

1857  On this day in history queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada   

1859  On this day in history dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves   

1859  On December - 31 max Fiedler, composer   

1859  Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1861  22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record on this day in history.   

1862  On December - 31 president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union   

1862  USS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro)   

1862  On this day in history james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29   

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) on December - 31.   

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 31 henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) on this day in history.   

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years on this day in history.   

1872  On December - 31 aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38   

1874  On this day in history ernest Austin, composer   

1877  Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64 on December - 31.   

1878  On this day in history horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

1879  Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US) on this day in history.   

1879  On December - 31 edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp   

1879  On this day in history the opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY)   

1880  On December - 31 george C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)   

1881  On December - 31 colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry)   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.   

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

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

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

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

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

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

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

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

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.