Page 3: Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer on December - 31.   

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

1831  Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

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  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 December - 31.   

1861  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

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

1862  -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro) on December - 31.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1872  On December - 31 aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38   

1874  On December - 31 ernest Austin, composer   

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

1878  On December - 31 horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

1879  On December - 31 cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)   

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

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

1880  On December - 31 george C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)   

1881  Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry) on this day in history.   

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

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

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.   

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

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