Page 3: 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 this day in history.   

1875  On December - 07 natives Sons of the West organized   

1876  NY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked on December - 07.   

1876  On this day in history ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)   

1877  Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone on December - 07.   

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

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

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)   

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

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

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

1891  On this day in history 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  Nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow) on December - 07.   

1894  On December - 07 stuart Davis, US painter   

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

1895  On this day in history battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies   

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

1896  On December - 07 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  On this day in history thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies   

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

1906  George Richard James, saxophonist on December - 07.   

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On December - 07 birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

0043  On December - 07 death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian   

0983  On December - 07 otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28   

1254  On December - 07 innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies   

1279  On December - 07 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  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

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