Historical Events In December - 31

1826  Henry Hiles, composer on this day in history.   

1830  Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79) on December - 31.   

1831  Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

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

1841  On this day in history alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons   

1846  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all) on this day in history.   

1848  On December - 31 oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

1852  Future president & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

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

1859  On this day in history max Fiedler, composer   

1859  On December - 31 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 this day in history 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  Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno) on this day in history.   

1864  Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars) on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history 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 December - 31.   

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

1874  On December - 31 ernest Austin, composer   

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

1878  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1879  The opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY) on this day in history.   

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

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

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  On December - 31 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 this day in history death of st. Silvester, Pope   

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  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  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 December - 31.