Historical Events In December - 07

1872  Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens) on this day in history.   

1873  Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia) on this day in history.   

1875  Natives Sons of the West organized on this day in history.   

1876  NY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked on December - 07.   

1876  Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv) on this day in history.   

1877  Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)   

1879  On this day in history rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite)   

1881  Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on December - 07.   

1882  Warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26) on December - 07.   

1885  On this day in history 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes   

1887  Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) on this day in history.   

1888  Hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist on December - 07.   

1889  On this day in history gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London   

1889  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer on December - 07.   

1891  On this day in history 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds first session   

1891  On December - 07 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session   

1891  On December - 07 fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)   

1892  Nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow) on December - 07.   

1894  On December - 07 stuart Davis, US painter   

1894  Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1895  Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies on this day in history.   

1895  Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana) on December - 07.   

1896  Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer on this day in history.   

1899  Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 on December - 07.   

1900  On December - 07 max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission.   

1901  On this day in history a F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944))   

1902  On this day in history j G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper)   

1902  On this day in history thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies   

1905  Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune) on this day in history.   

1906  George Richard James, saxophonist on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring   

1908  On this day in history jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist   

1909  Leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents first thermosetting plastic on this day in history.   

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0521  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  On December - 07 birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.   

1557  On this day in history birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

0043  On this day in history death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian   

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on December - 07.   

1279  On this day in history death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.   

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

1498  On this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist