Historical Events In December - 07

1808  On this day in history hugh McCulloch, US Secy of Treasury  

1810  On this day in history theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory  

1811  Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on December - 07.  

1815  On this day in history michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46  

1817  On this day in history william Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63  

1823  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker) on this day in history.  

1823  Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79 on December - 07.  

1826  John Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71 on December - 07.  

1829  On December - 07 johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45  

1830  On December - 07 luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education  

1834  Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history german railway Neurenberg-Furth opens  

1835  Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist on this day in history.  

1836  Martin Van Buren elected 8th president on December - 07.  

1839  Redvers H Buller, English general/large landowner: Natal on December - 07.  

1839  On this day in history jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69  

1840  Hermann Goetz, composer on this day in history.  

1841  On this day in history johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83  

1842  New York Philharmonic's first concert on December - 07.  

1842  NY Philharmonic's 1st concert on this day in history.  

1842  Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist (schedelmetingen) on this day in history.  

1847  James Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi) on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history nicola van Westerhout, composer  

1860  On this day in history constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43  

1862  On December - 07 battle of Hartsville, TN  

1862  Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde) on this day in history.  

1862  Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

1863  The birth of Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer on this day in history.  

1863  John Ebenezer West, composer on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia  

1867  On this day in history rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42  

1868  Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1 on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history hMS Challenger sets sail on 3«-year world oceanographic cruise  

1872  HMS Challenger sets sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise on this day in history.  

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on December - 07.  

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  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On December - 07 birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)  

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

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.  

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on this day in history.  

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies  

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on this day in history.  

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on this day in history.  

1383  On December - 07 wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies  

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history.