Historical Events In December - 07

0036  On December - 07 -BC- Earliest known Mayan inscription, Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo  

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 December - 07 emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52)  

0283  St Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 07.  

0283  Pope Eutychian on December - 07.  

0967  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic on this day in history.  

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on December - 07.  

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.  

1354  Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty on this day in history.  

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

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1431  On December - 07 henry VI of England is crowned King of France  

1498  On this day in history alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist  

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

1557  On December - 07 girolamo Trombeti, composer  

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

1604  Ambrosius Reiner, composer on this day in history.  

1637  Barnardo Pasquini, composer on this day in history.  

1646  Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry on December - 07.  

1648  On December - 07 giovanni Maria Capelli, composer  

1696  Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull on December - 07.  

1724  On this day in history tumult of Thorn  

1731  Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter on this day in history.  

1732  On this day in history the Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.  

1741  On this day in history elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia  

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

1754  On this day in history jack Jouett, American patriot  

1761  On this day in history madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum  

1772  On this day in history joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer  

1775  Charles Saunders, British admiral on this day in history.  

1783  Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London on this day in history.  

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

1787  Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution on this day in history.  

1801  Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes) on this day in history.  

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  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on December - 07.  

1302  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)  

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer  

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

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 December - 07.  

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 December - 07.  

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

1498  On this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist