Page 3: Historical Events In December - 31

1826  On this day in history henry Hiles, composer   

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

1831  Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City on December - 31.   

1838  Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) on December - 31.   

1841  On December - 31 alabama becomes first state to license dental surgeons   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1857  Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capitol of Canada on this day in history.   

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

1859  On December - 31 dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer on December - 31.   

1859  On December - 31 luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54   

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

1862  On this day in history president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) on December - 31.   

1870  On this day in history j D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)   

1870  On December - 31 thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

1872  Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38 on December - 31.   

1874  On December - 31 ernest Austin, composer   

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

1878  On December - 31 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  Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp on this day in history.   

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

1880  On this day in history 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 December - 31.   

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

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.   

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 this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

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 December - 31.   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)