Historical Events In December - 07

1808  On December - 07 hugh McCulloch, US Secy of Treasury  

1810  On December - 07 theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory  

1811  Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1815  On December - 07 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  On this day in history leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker)  

1823  Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history john Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71  

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

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

1834  On this day in history ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23  

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

1835  On this day in history dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist  

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

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

1839  Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1840  Hermann Goetz, composer on December - 07.  

1841  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83 on December - 07.  

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

1842  On December - 07 nY Philharmonic's 1st concert  

1842  On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist (schedelmetingen)  

1847  On December - 07 james Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)  

1857  Nicola van Westerhout, composer on December - 07.  

1860  Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history battle of Hartsville, TN  

1862  On this day in history paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)  

1862  On December - 07 sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies  

1863  On December - 07 the birth of Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer  

1863  On December - 07 john Ebenezer West, composer  

1864  On December - 07 skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia  

1867  Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42 on December - 07.  

1868  Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1 on December - 07.  

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

1872  On December - 07 hMS Challenger sets sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise  

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

0903  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)  

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on December - 07.  

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  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.  

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

1598  On December - 07 birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)  

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  On this day in history otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28  

1254  On December - 07 innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies  

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on December - 07.  

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

1383  On this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies  

1498  On December - 07 death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist