Page 3: Historical Events In December - 07

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

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

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

1876  On December - 07 nY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked   

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

1877  On this day in history thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone   

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

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

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

1887  Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) on this day in history.   

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

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

1889  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1891  Fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair) on December - 07.   

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

1894  Stuart Davis, US painter on December - 07.   

1894  Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

1895  Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana) on this day in history.   

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

1899  On December - 07 antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82   

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  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  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 December - 07.   

1909  On this day in history 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  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on December - 07.   

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 December - 07.   

1279  On December - 07 death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.   

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

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