Page 3: 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  On this day in history gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.   

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

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  On December - 31 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 this day in history.   

1855  On December - 31 giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

1857  On this day in history queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capitol of Canada   

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

1859  On December - 31 dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 31 luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54   

1861  22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record on this day in history.   

1862  On December - 31 president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union   

1862  On this day in history 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 this day in history james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29   

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

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) on December - 31.   

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) on December - 31.   

1870  On December - 31 j D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)   

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

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  On this day in history 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 December - 31.   

1879  Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp on this day in history.   

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

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  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.   

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

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 31 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 December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)