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

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

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On December - 31 james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29   

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

1870  J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) on this day in history.   

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

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

1874  Ernest Austin, composer on this day in history.   

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  Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp   

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

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.   

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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.