Historical Events In December - 07

0036  -BC- Earliest known Mayan inscription, Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo on this day in history.  

0043  -BC- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman writer, gets his head and right hand chopped off by Mark Antony's soldiers on this day in history.  

0185  On this day in history emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52)  

0283  St Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0283  Pope Eutychian on this day in history.  

0967  On December - 07 abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic  

0983  On December - 07 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  

1354  On this day in history margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty  

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

1431  Henry VI of England is crowned King of France on this day in history.  

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

1542  On December - 07 mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)  

1557  On December - 07 girolamo Trombeti, composer  

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

1604  Ambrosius Reiner, composer on December - 07.  

1637  Barnardo Pasquini, composer on this day in history.  

1646  On December - 07 princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry  

1648  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull.  

1724  Tumult of Thorn on December - 07.  

1731  On December - 07 abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter  

1732  The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London on this day in history.  

1741  Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia on December - 07.  

1751  On December - 07 jurrian F de Frederici, governor-General (Suriname)  

1754  Jack Jouett, American patriot on this day in history.  

1761  Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum on December - 07.  

1772  Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer on December - 07.  

1775  Charles Saunders, British admiral on December - 07.  

1783  Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London on December - 07.  

1787  Delaware becomes first state to ratify constitution on this day in history.  

1787  On this day in history delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution  

1801  Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes) on December - 07.  

1808  James Madison elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres 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 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 this day in history.  

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on December - 07.  

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  On December - 07 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 December - 07 otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28  

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  On December - 07 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  On this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist