Page 3: Historical Events In December - 07

1872  Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens) on this day in history.   

1873  Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia) on this day in history.   

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  Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone on December - 07.   

1878  On December - 07 akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)   

1879  Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite) on this day in history.   

1881  Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26)   

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

1887  On December - 07 ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre)   

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

1889  On this day in history gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London   

1889  On this day in history heathcote Dicken Statham, composer   

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

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

1891  On December - 07 fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)   

1892  On December - 07 nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow)   

1894  Stuart Davis, US painter on this day in history.   

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

1895  Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies on December - 07.   

1895  On this day in history jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana)   

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

1899  Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 on December - 07.   

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

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

1902  J G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper) on December - 07.   

1902  On December - 07 thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies   

1905  On December - 07 gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune)   

1906  On this day in history george Richard James, saxophonist   

1907  On December - 07 eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring   

1908  Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist on this day in history.   

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

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

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 this day in history.   

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on December - 07.   

0043  On December - 07 death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian   

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

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

1279  On December - 07 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  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on December - 07.