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 December - 07.   

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

1876  On this day in history nY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked   

1876  Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv) on this day in history.   

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

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

1879  On this day in history rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite)   

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  On this day in history ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre)   

1888  On December - 07 hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist   

1889  Gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London on December - 07.   

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  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  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 December - 07.   

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

1899  Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 on December - 07.   

1900  On December - 07 max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission.   

1901  On December - 07 a F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944))   

1902  On December - 07 j G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper)   

1902  On December - 07 thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies   

1905  On December - 07 gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune)   

1906  On this day in history george Richard James, saxophonist   

1907  On December - 07 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 December - 07.   

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.   

0903  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on December - 07.   

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  On this day in history 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  On December - 07 birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

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 December - 07.   

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian   

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 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  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history.