Page 3: Historical Events In December - 07

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

1873  On this day in history willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia)   

1875  Natives Sons of the West organized on this day in history.   

1876  On December - 07 nY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked   

1876  On December - 07 ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)   

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

1878  Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26)   

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

1887  On December - 07 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  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer on December - 07.   

1891  52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds first session on December - 07.   

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

1891  Fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair) on this day in history.   

1892  Nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow) on this day in history.   

1894  Stuart Davis, US painter on December - 07.   

1894  Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 on December - 07.   

1895  Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies on this day in history.   

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

1896  On December - 07 juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer   

1899  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 December - 07 eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring   

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

1909  On December - 07 leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents first thermosetting plastic   

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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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 07 birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  On December - 07 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  On December - 07 death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian   

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 December - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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