Historical Events In December - 31

1826  On December - 31 henry Hiles, composer  

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 this day in history ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)  

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history future president & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry  

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

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

1857  Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada on December - 31.  

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

1859  Max Fiedler, composer on this day in history.  

1859  Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54 on December - 31.  

1861  On this day in history 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 December - 31.  

1862  On this day in history -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  On December - 31 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 December - 31.  

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years on this day in history.  

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

1874  On this day in history ernest Austin, composer  

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

1878  On this day in history horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

1879  On this day in history cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)  

1879  Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp on December - 31.  

1879  On this day in history 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  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 December - 31.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist  

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

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56  

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 this day in history.  

1297  On December - 31 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)