Historical Events In December - 31

1688  Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham [OS=Dec 21] on this day in history.  

1695  A window tax is imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax on this day in history.  

1700  On December - 31 frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701  

1708  Great Alliance captures Bridge on December - 31.  

1711  Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander on December - 31.  

1719  On December - 31 john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73  

1720  On this day in history [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne  

1724  On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer  

1733  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1738  Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" on December - 31.  

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1744  James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's motion of nutation on December - 31.  

1744  On December - 31 james Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)  

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies army meets with de Esk on December - 31.  

1756  On December - 31 russia joins the Alliance of Versailles  

1758  On December - 31 british expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal  

1762  Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg on December - 31.  

1775  Battle of Quebec; Americans unable to take British stronghold on this day in history.  

1775  Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on December - 31.  

1776  Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation Limit is $0.70 a day for carpenters, $0.42 for tailors on this day in history.  

1776  Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors on December - 31.  

1776  Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is $0.70 a day for carpenters, $0.42 for tailors on December - 31.  

1779  On this day in history english fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels  

1781  On December - 31 bank of North America, first US bank opens  

1781  Bank of North America, 1st US bank opens on this day in history.  

1783  On December - 31 import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states  

1799  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer on December - 31.  

1802  Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1805  End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism on December - 31.  

1805  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife) on December - 31.  

1809  On December - 31 franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75  

1815  On December - 31 george Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872  

1818  Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress on December - 31.  

1818  On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77  

1825  On December - 31 francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)  

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.  

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 this day in history 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 December - 31.  

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  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56  

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  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.  

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.