Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer on December - 31.  

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) on this day in history.  

1831  Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City on December - 31.  

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

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

1841  Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons on December - 31.  

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

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

1852  On December - 31 future president & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry  

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

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

1857  On December - 31 queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada  

1859  Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves on December - 31.  

1859  Max Fiedler, composer on December - 31.  

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

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  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) on this day in history.  

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) on this day in history.  

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

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  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  Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp on this day in history.  

1879  The opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY) on December - 31.  

1880  On December - 31 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  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

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

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

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

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 31.  

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

0406  On December - 31 godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle  

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

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 this day in history.