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  Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City on this day in history.   

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  Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons on this day in history.   

1846  On December - 31 ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

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

1852  Future president & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry on December - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1859  Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 31 max Fiedler, composer   

1859  Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54 on December - 31.   

1861  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1862  -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro) on December - 31.   

1862  On December - 31 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  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) on December - 31.   

1870  J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) on December - 31.   

1870  On December - 31 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  On this day in history ernest Austin, composer   

1877  On December - 31 alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64   

1878  On December - 31 horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

1879  On this day in history 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 December - 31.   

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

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

1378  On this day in history 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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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

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.