Page 3: Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer on December - 31.   

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

1831  On this day in history gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.   

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 December - 31.   

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

1846  On this day in history ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 31 max Fiedler, composer   

1859  On this day in history 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  President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1869  On December - 31 henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

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

1870  On this day in history thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years   

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

1874  Ernest Austin, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history 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  On December - 31 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 December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

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

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  On December - 31 birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

0192  On December - 31 death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

1164  On December - 31 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  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)