Historical Events In December - 07

1872  On this day in history johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)  

1873  On December - 07 willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia)  

1875  On this day in history natives Sons of the West organized  

1876  NY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked on this day in history.  

1876  Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv) on this day in history.  

1877  On December - 07 thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone  

1878  Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) on this day in history.  

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

1881  Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on December - 07.  

1882  On December - 07 warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26)  

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1885  On this day in history 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes  

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

1888  On this day in history hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist  

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

1889  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer on December - 07.  

1891  On December - 07 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds first session  

1891  On December - 07 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 this day in history stuart Davis, US painter  

1894  Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 on December - 07.  

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

1895  On December - 07 jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana)  

1896  On December - 07 juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer  

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

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

1901  A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)) on December - 07.  

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

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

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

1906  George Richard James, saxophonist on December - 07.  

1907  Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring on this day in history.  

1908  On December - 07 jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist  

1909  Leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents first thermosetting plastic on this day in history.  

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on December - 07.  

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.  

1302  On December - 07 birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)  

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

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.  

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Pope Eutychian 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.  

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on December - 07.  

1295  On this day in history death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)  

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.  

1498  On December - 07 death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist