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

1302  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on this day in history.  

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

1254  On this day in history innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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