Page 3: Historical Events In December - 07

1872  On December - 07 johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)   

1873  Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia) on December - 07.   

1875  On December - 07 natives Sons of the West organized   

1876  NY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked on December - 07.   

1876  On December - 07 ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)   

1877  On December - 07 thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone   

1878  Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) on December - 07.   

1879  Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite) on December - 07.   

1881  On this day in history julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51   

1882  Warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26) on December - 07.   

1885  49th Congress (1885-87) convenes on December - 07.   

1887  On this day in history ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre)   

1888  Hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist on December - 07.   

1889  Gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London on December - 07.   

1889  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer on December - 07.   

1891  On this day in history 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds first session   

1891  On this day in history 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session   

1891  On this day in history fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)   

1892  On this day in history nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow)   

1894  On December - 07 stuart Davis, US painter   

1894  On this day in history ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89   

1895  On December - 07 battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies   

1895  Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana) on December - 07.   

1896  On this day in history juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer   

1899  Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 07 max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission.   

1901  On this day in history a F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944))   

1902  On December - 07 j G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper)   

1902  Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies on this day in history.   

1905  Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history george Richard James, saxophonist   

1907  On this day in history eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring   

1908  On this day in history jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist   

1909  On this day in history leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents first thermosetting plastic   

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0521  On December - 07 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  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  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.   

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

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

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

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

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 this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies   

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