Page 3: Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer.   

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

1831  Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City   

1838  Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

1841  Alabama is recorded as becoming inaugural state to license dental surgeons   

1841  Alabama is recorded as becoming 1st state to license dental surgeons   

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69.   

1852  Future president and Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry   

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet.   

1857  Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capitol of Canada   

1857  Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada   

1859  Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4800 slaves   

1859  Max Fiedler, composer   

1859  Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54.   

1861  22990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record.   

1862  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.   

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

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

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)   

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars).   

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)   

1870  J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)   

1870  Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years.   

1872  Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38.   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer.   

1877  Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64   

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro).   

1879  Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US).   

1879  Edison gives inaugural public demonstration of his incandescent lamp.   

1879  The opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY)   

1880  George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953).   

1881  Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry)   

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0695  Muhammad bin qasim: Syrian general   

1378  Callistus iii: [alfonso the borja], pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope callixtus iii: Pope callixtus iii (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques cartier: French explorer   

1514  Andreas vesalius: Brussels belgium, anatomist (fabrica)   

1540  Silvio antoniano: Italian cardinal/theologist (tre libri)   

1572  Emperor go-yozei of japan:   

1668  Hermannus boerhaave: Dutch medical/botanist   

0192  Death of Lucius aa commodus: Emperor of rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. silvester: Pope   

0406  Godagisel: King of the vandals,   

0439  Melania the younger: Roman monastery founder/saint,   

1164  Death of Margrave ottokar iii of styria: Margrave ottokar iii of styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Duke leopold v of austria: 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)   

1302  Death of Frederick iii: Duke of lorraine (b. 1238)