Page 3: Historical Events In December - 31

1826  On this day in history henry Hiles, composer   

1830  On this day in history ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)   

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

1838  Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906) on this day in history.   

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

1841  Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)   

1848  On this day in history oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

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

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

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

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  On December - 31 max Fiedler, composer   

1859  On this day in history luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54   

1861  On December - 31 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record   

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 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 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 December - 31.   

1870  On December - 31 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 December - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1880  George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953) on December - 31.   

1881  On this day in history 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  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  On December - 31 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 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 this day in history.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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

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

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.