Historical Events In December - 31

1826  On December - 31 henry Hiles, composer  

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

1831  On December - 31 gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1855  On December - 31 giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet  

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

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

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

1859  Max Fiedler, composer on this day in history.  

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 December - 31.  

1862  President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union on December - 31.  

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

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

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) on December - 31.  

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

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

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years on December - 31.  

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  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) on December - 31.  

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 December - 31.  

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

1880  George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953) on December - 31.  

1881  On this day in history colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry)  

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

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)  

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  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1668  On December - 31 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  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

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  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 December - 31.