Events & Holidays In December - 07

Felix Houphouet-Boigny Remembrance Day (Ivory Coast)

Good Neighbourliness Day (Turkmenistan)

International Civil Aviation Day (International)

National Day (Ivory Coast)

Pearl Harbor Day (United States of America)

St. Ambrose Day (Milan Only) (Italy)

Earthquake Victim's Memorial Day (Armenia)

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

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.   

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

1295  On this day in history death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on this day in history.   

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