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Azzone Visconti Lord of Milan (1329-39) born in Ferrara Italy (d. 1339)
Henry Stuart Lord Darnley King consort of Mary I of Scotland born in Temple Newsam Yorkshire England (d. 1567)
Girolamo Trombetti Italian composer born in Bologna Italy (d. 1628)
Kikkawa Hiroie Japanese daimy of the AzuchiMomoyama period through early Edo period (d. 1625)
Ambrosius Reiner German composer born in Altdorf Weingarten Wrttemberg (d. 1672)
Bernardo Pasquini Italian composer born in Massa e Cozzile Tuscany (d. 1710)
Giovanni Maria Capelli Italian composer born in Parma Italy (d. 1726)
Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron French scholar and interpreter born in Paris (d. 1805)
Jurriaan Franois de Friderici governor-general of Suriname born in Cape of Good Hope Cape Town South Africa (d. 1812)
Jack Jouett American politician and patriot (warn Thomas Jefferson of British attack) born in Albemarle County Virginia (d. 1822)
Claude Victor-Perrin Duc de Belluno French marshal born in Lamarche France (d. 1841)
Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz Bohemian aristocrat and composer born in Vienna (d. 1816)
Allan Cunningham Scottish poet and author born in Keir Dumfries and Galloway Scotland (d. 1842)
Johann Nestroy Austrian actor singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes) born in Ratibor Silesia (d. 1862)
Maria Josepha of Saxony Queen consort of Spain born in Dresden Castle Dresden Saxony (d. 1829)
Hugh McCulloch US Treasury Secretary (1884-85 85-69) born in Kennebunk Maine (d. 1895)
Theodor Schwann German co-originator of cell theory
Leopold Kronecker German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker)
Luigi Cremona Italian mathematicianminister of Education
Redvers H Buller English generallarge landowner Natal
Hermann Goetz German composer born in Knigsberg East Prussia (d. 1876)
Otto Ammon German anthropologistsociologist (schedelmetingen)
Solomon Schechter US Talmudic scholarJewish leader
Joseph Cook 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
Pietro Mascagni Italian composerfascist (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Svetolik Rankovic Serbian writer (Forest King)
Felix Calonder Scuol Swiss politician (Free Democratic Party)
Johan Huizinga Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)
Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)
Rudolf Friml CzechUS composer (Bohemian suite)
Warren Bardsley cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26)
Ernst Toch composer (Melodie Lehre) born in Vienna Austria
Hamilton Fish US congress leaderisolationist
Dec 07 1354 Margaretha van Bavarians son earl Willem V signs peace treaty
Dec 07 1696 Connecticut Route 108 one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull.
Dec 07 1703 Great storm of hits Southern England - thousands killed Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1500 seamen