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33 events · 102 deaths · 170 births

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Year 574

Byzantine Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity. He abdicates the throne in favor of his general Tiberius, proclaiming him Caesar.

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Year 1703

The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.

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Year 1724

Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.

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Year 1732

The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.

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Year 1776

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

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Year 1787

Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

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Year 1842

First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

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Year 1869

American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

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Year 1904

Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

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Year 1917

World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3

🇹🇭 Thailand · HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great's Birthday (in lieu); National Day (in lieu); National Father's Day (in lieu)

🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · Memorial Day

🇹🇴 Tonga · Anniversary of the Coronation of HM King George Tupou I (observed)

Birthdays on 7 December 170

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Columba

b. 521 – d. 597

Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 597)

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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

b. 903 – d. 986

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (d. 986)

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Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr

b. 967 – d. 1049

Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)

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Azzone Visconti

b. 1302 – d. 1339

Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (d. 1339)

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Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein

b. 1532 – d. 1605

Louis I, German nobleman and politician (d. 1605)

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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

b. 1545 – d. 1567

Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)

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Kikkawa Hiroie

b. 1561 – d. 1625

Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (d. 1625)

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Injo of Joseon

b. 1595 – d. 1649

Injo of Joseon, Korean king (d. 1649)

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

b. 1598 – d. 1680

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)

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Bernardo Pasquini

b. 1637 – d. 1710

Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)

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Giovanni Battista Falda

b. 1643 – d. 1678

Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)

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Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno

b. 1764 – d. 1841

Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (d. 1841)

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Deaths on 7 December 102

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Pope Eutychian

d. 283

Eutychian, pope of the Catholic Church

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Anspert

d. 881

Anspert, archbishop of Milan

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Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

d. 983 (b. 955)

Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955)

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Pope Innocent IV

d. 1254 (b. 1195)

Innocent IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1195)

Bolesław V the Chaste

d. 1279 (b. 1226)

Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland (b. 1226)

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester

d. 1295 (b. 1243)

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English officer (b. 1243)

Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg

d. 1383 (b. 1337)

Wenceslaus I, duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337)

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Alexander Hegius von Heek

d. 1498 (b. 1433)

Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (b. 1433)

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Adrian Willaert

d. 1562 (b. 1490)

Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490)

Charles Garnier (missionary)

d. 1649 (b. 1606)

Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (b. 1606)

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Richard Bellingham

d. 1672 (b. 1592)

Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1592)

Algernon Sidney

d. 1683 (b. 1623)

Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1623)

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