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 December - 07.   

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 December - 07.   

1877  On December - 07 thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone   

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

1879  On December - 07 rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite)   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history heathcote Dicken Statham, composer   

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 December - 07 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 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 December - 07.   

1896  On December - 07 juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer   

1899  On this day in history antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82   

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 December - 07 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  Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies on December - 07.   

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

1906  On December - 07 george Richard James, saxophonist   

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

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 December - 07 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  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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian   

0983  On this day in history otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28   

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

1279  On this day in history death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist