Page 3: Historical Events In December - 07

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

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

1875  Natives Sons of the West organized on December - 07.   

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

1878  On this day in history akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)   

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

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

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

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

1889  Gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1889  On December - 07 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 December - 07.   

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

1895  Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana) on December - 07.   

1896  Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer on December - 07.   

1899  On December - 07 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  A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)) on December - 07.   

1902  On this day in history j G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper)   

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

1905  Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune) on December - 07.   

1906  On this day in history 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  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 December - 07.   

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 December - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

0283  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian   

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

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

1383  On December - 07 wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies   

1498  On this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist