Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Saturday, 27 April 2024
1117 On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
1401 Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.
1518 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on December - 21.
1537 On this day in history birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1596 On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)
1603 Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.
1628 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.
1639 Jean Racin, writer was born on December - 21.
1714 On this day in history birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)
1728 On December - 21 birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer
1756 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on December - 21.
1778 On December - 21 birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on this day in history.
1800 Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on this day in history.
1805 On this day in history birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1805 Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.
1810 On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on December - 21.
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.
1818 Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.
1832 On December - 21 birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 On this day in history birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
1843 On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)
1848 On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 On this day in history birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 On December - 21 birth of zdenek Fibich, composer
1851 Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.
1853 On December - 21 birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on this day in history.
1860 Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history.