Historical Events In December - 21
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) on this day in history.
1810 On December - 21 ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 On this day in history thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece on December - 21.
1820 On December - 21 charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45
1823 On December - 21 jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer on this day in history.
1829 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore on December - 21.
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on December - 21.
1835 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) on December - 21.
1840 On December - 21 mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
1844 The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement on this day in history.
1848 On December - 21 edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 1st US skating club formed (Phila) on this day in history.
1849 James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) on December - 21.
1850 Zdenek Fibich, composer on December - 21.
1853 On December - 21 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) on December - 21.
1859 Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1860 On December - 21 henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)
1861 On this day in history congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.
1864 On December - 21 gen Sherman conquers Savannah
1864 William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51 on December - 21.
1866 Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre on this day in history.
1867 On this day in history john Winter Thompson, composer
1872 On this day in history albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)
1874 Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36) on this day in history.
1879 The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader on December - 21.
1879 Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value) on this day in history.
1886 George Norman Peterkin, composer on December - 21.
1889 On December - 21 joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61
1890 On this day in history pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
1890 Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53) on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
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