Page 3: Historical Events In December - 07

1872  Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens) on December - 07.   

1873  On this day in history willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia)   

1875  On December - 07 natives Sons of the West organized   

1876  On this day in history nY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked   

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

1877  Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone on this day in history.   

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

1887  Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) on December - 07.   

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

1891  On December - 07 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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  J G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper) on December - 07.   

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

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

1906  On December - 07 george Richard James, saxophonist   

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

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

1909  On December - 07 leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents first thermosetting plastic   

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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  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On December - 07 birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  On December - 07 birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.   

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

1295  On December - 07 death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

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

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