Historical Events In December - 07

1808  On December - 07 hugh McCulloch, US Secy of Treasury   

1810  Theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory on December - 07.   

1811  Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on December - 07.   

1815  On December - 07 michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46   

1817  On December - 07 william Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63   

1823  On December - 07 leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker)   

1823  On December - 07 johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79   

1826  On December - 07 john Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71   

1829  Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45 on December - 07.   

1830  On December - 07 luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education   

1834  Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1835  German railway Neurenberg-Furth opens on this day in history.   

1835  Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist on December - 07.   

1836  On this day in history martin Van Buren elected 8th president   

1839  Redvers H Buller, English general/large landowner: Natal on this day in history.   

1839  Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 on December - 07.   

1840  Hermann Goetz, composer on December - 07.   

1841  On December - 07 johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83   

1842  New York Philharmonic's first concert on December - 07.   

1842  NY Philharmonic's 1st concert on December - 07.   

1842  Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist (schedelmetingen) on this day in history.   

1847  On December - 07 james Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)   

1857  Nicola van Westerhout, composer on December - 07.   

1860  Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43 on December - 07.   

1862  Battle of Hartsville, TN on December - 07.   

1862  Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde) on this day in history.   

1862  On December - 07 sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies   

1863  On this day in history the birth of Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer   

1863  On December - 07 john Ebenezer West, composer   

1864  Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia on December - 07.   

1867  On December - 07 rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42   

1868  On December - 07 jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1   

1872  HMS Challenger sets sail on 3«-year world oceanographic cruise on December - 07.   

1872  HMS Challenger sets sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise on this day in history.   

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

0903  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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 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 this day in history.   

1254  On December - 07 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  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

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