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Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
1117 On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury Share it »
1401 On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) Share it »
1518 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history. Share it »
1537 Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1596 Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1603 Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1628 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1639 On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer Share it »
1714 On this day in history birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) Share it »
1728 Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1756 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1778 On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) Share it »
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1800 Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history. Share it »
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1805 Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1805 On this day in history birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) Share it »
1810 Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1815 Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on this day in history. Share it »
1818 On this day in history birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece Share it »
1818 On this day in history birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) Share it »
1823 On this day in history birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) Share it »
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on this day in history. Share it »
1840 Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1843 On this day in history birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) Share it »
1848 Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1849 James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1850 On this day in history birth of zdenek Fibich, composer Share it »
1851 Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1853 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1860 Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history. Share it »
