Page 3: Historical Events In December - 31

1826  On this day in history henry Hiles, composer   

1830  On this day in history ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)   

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

1838  On this day in history emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

1841  Alabama becomes first state to license dental surgeons on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons   

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) on this day in history.   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on December - 31.   

1852  On this day in history future president & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry   

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

1857  On December - 31 queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capitol of Canada   

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

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

1859  On this day in history max Fiedler, composer   

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

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

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

1862  On December - 31 james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29   

1863  On December - 31 alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)   

1864  On December - 31 robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)   

1869  On this day in history henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  On December - 31 j D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)   

1870  On this day in history thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

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

1874  Ernest Austin, composer on this day in history.   

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  On December - 31 cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)   

1879  Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp on this day in history.   

1879  The opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY) on December - 31.   

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

1881  Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry) on this day in history.   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.   

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

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

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

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 December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.   

1194  On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

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 this day in history.