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  Natives Sons of the West organized on December - 07.   

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  On December - 07 thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone   

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

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

1881  Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1882  Warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26) on this day in history.   

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

1887  On December - 07 ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre)   

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

1889  On December - 07 gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London   

1889  On this day in history heathcote Dicken Statham, composer   

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

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

1891  On December - 07 fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)   

1892  On December - 07 nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow)   

1894  Stuart Davis, US painter on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 07 ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89   

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

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

1896  Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer on this day in history.   

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

1902  Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies on December - 07.   

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

1906  George Richard James, saxophonist on December - 07.   

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 December - 07 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  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.   

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  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

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

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.   

1598  On this day in history 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  Death of Pope Eutychian on this day in history.   

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

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.   

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

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on this day in history.   

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

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