Historical Events In December - 07

0036  On this day in history -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  Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52) on December - 07.  

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

0283  Pope Eutychian on this day in history.  

0967  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic on December - 07.  

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

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

1354  On December - 07 margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty  

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

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

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

1542  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ambrosius Reiner, composer  

1637  Barnardo Pasquini, composer on this day in history.  

1646  On this day in history princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry  

1648  On this day in history giovanni Maria Capelli, composer  

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 this day in history abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter  

1732  On December - 07 the Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.  

1741  On December - 07 elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia  

1751  Jurrian F de Frederici, governor-General (Suriname) on this day in history.  

1754  On December - 07 jack Jouett, American patriot  

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

1772  On December - 07 joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer  

1775  On this day in history charles Saunders, British admiral  

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

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

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

1801  On December - 07 johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes)  

1808  On December - 07 james Madison elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.  

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

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on this day in history.  

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on December - 07.  

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

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on this day in history.  

1383  On December - 07 wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies  

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on December - 07.