Page 3: Historical Events In December - 07

1872  On December - 07 johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)   

1879  Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite) on December - 07.   

1881  On December - 07 julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51   

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  Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) on December - 07.   

1888  Hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist on this day in history.   

1889  Gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1892  On December - 07 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 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 this day in history.   

1896  Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer on December - 07.   

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

1902  On this day in history thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies   

1905  On this day in history gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune)   

1906  On December - 07 george Richard James, saxophonist   

1907  Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring on December - 07.   

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 this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  On December - 07 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  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

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

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

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  Death of Pope Eutychian on December - 07.   

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on December - 07.   

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on December - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history.