Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer on December - 31.   

1830  On December - 31 ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)   

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

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

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

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 December - 31.   

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

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

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

1857  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves   

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  On December - 31 president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union   

1862  On December - 31 uSS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee   

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

1862  James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29 on December - 31.   

1863  On this day in history alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)   

1864  On this day in history robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)   

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) on this day in history.   

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

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years on this day in history.   

1872  Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer on December - 31.   

1877  Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.   

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

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  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

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

0406  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.