Page 3: Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer on this day in history.   

1830  On December - 31 ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)   

1831  On this day in history gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.   

1838  On December - 31 emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

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  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) on December - 31.   

1848  Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on December - 31.   

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

1855  Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet on this day in history.   

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

1857  Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada on this day in history.   

1859  Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history max Fiedler, composer   

1859  Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  USS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee on December - 31.   

1862  -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro) on December - 31.   

1862  James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.   

1863  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)   

1869  Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38 on December - 31.   

1874  Ernest Austin, composer on December - 31.   

1877  On this day in history alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64   

1878  On December - 31 horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)   

1879  On December - 31 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  George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953) on this day in history.   

1881  On December - 31 colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry)   

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

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  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

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

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

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