Page 3: 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  Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City on December - 31.   

1838  Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) on this day in history.   

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

1841  Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons on this day in history.   

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) on December - 31.   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on December - 31.   

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

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

1857  On December - 31 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  Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves on this day in history.   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54   

1861  22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record on December - 31.   

1862  On this day in history 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 December - 31 -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro)   

1862  On December - 31 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 this day in history robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)   

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

1870  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64   

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) on this day in history.   

1879  Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US) on December - 31.   

1879  On December - 31 edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp   

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 this day in history.   

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

0335  On this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

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

1164  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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)