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05/07/1827
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Francis Engle Patterson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
Type: Birth
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05/07/1832
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Greece becomes independent republic
Type: Event
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05/07/1832
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Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1832
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Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece
Type: Event
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05/07/1833
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Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby
Type: Birth
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05/07/1836
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Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
Type: Death
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05/07/1840
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Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317
Type: Event
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05/07/1840
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Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS]
Type: Birth
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05/07/1845
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Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
Type: Birth
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05/07/1847
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American Medical Association organizes (Phila)
Type: Event
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05/07/1847
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Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1848
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Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
Type: Event
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05/07/1856
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Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact
Type: Event
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05/07/1861
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Riot occurs between prosecessionist and Union supporters in Knoxville TN
Type: Event
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05/07/1862
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Battle of West Point, VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
Type: Event
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05/07/1862
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Much of Enschede Neth destroyed by fire
Type: Event
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05/07/1863
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Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
Type: Death
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05/07/1864
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Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)
Type: Event
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05/07/1864
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Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
Type: Event
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05/07/1866
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Cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1866
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German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt
Type: Event
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05/07/1867
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Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress (Hope of Blessing)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1867
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Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
Type: Event
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05/07/1871
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Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
Type: Death
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05/07/1873
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US marines attack Panama
Type: Event
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05/07/1873
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Clarence Dickinson, composer
Type: Birth
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05/07/1875
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German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
Type: Event
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05/07/1876
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Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
Type: Death
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05/07/1877
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Cin Enquirer, 1st uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
Type: Event
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05/07/1882
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Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer (Mend)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1883
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Gino Roncaglia, composer
Type: Birth
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05/07/1883
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Martin Albertz, German theologist (Church Jesus Christ)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1884
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Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
Type: Death
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05/07/1885
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John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti
Type: Event
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05/07/1885
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George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1887
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Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1888
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Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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05/07/1888
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George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"
Type: Event
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05/07/1890
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Billy House, Minn, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1891
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Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
Type: Event
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05/07/1892
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Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1892
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Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1897
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Kitty McKane, England, tennis (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1898
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Vera Chapman, writer
Type: Birth
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05/07/1900
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Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1900
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Ralph Truman, London England, actor (Web of Evidence)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1900
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Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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05/07/1901
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Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
Type: Birth
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05/07/1901
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L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ US Secretary of HEW (1956-58)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1901
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Gary Cooper, Montana, actor (2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon)
Type: Birth
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