Historical Events In July - 21

1861  1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins on July - 21.   

1861  Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 on this day in history.   

1863  C[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) on July - 21.   

1864  On July - 21 frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)   

1865  On July - 21 in the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.   

1865  Robert Kahn, composer on July - 21.   

1866  Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London on July - 21.   

1867  City Gardens on Folsom opens on this day in history.   

1870  Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 on July - 21.   

1873  Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) on July - 21.   

1877  -27] US army breaks railroad strike on this day in history.   

1880  On July - 21 compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY on July - 21.   

1884  On this day in history 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's   

1885  On this day in history frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

1888  Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53 on July - 21.   

1891  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1892  Anton Schnack, German writer/poet on July - 21.   

1893  On July - 21 hans Fallada, writer   

1895  On this day in history h G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)   

1896  On this day in history national Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's   

1897  On this day in history tate Gallery opens in England   

1898  Spain cedes Guam to US on this day in history.   

1898  Ernest Willem Mulder, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On July - 21 the birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner   

1899  Ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite   

1901  On this day in history allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society)   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on July - 21.   

1904  On this day in history camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH   

1904  On this day in history after 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed   

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on this day in history.   

1906  Daniel Ayala Perez, composer on this day in history.   

1907  Ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood) on this day in history.   

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0810  Imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870) was born on July - 21.   

1515  On July - 21 birth of st Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest   

1620  On July - 21 birth of jean Picard, French astronomer   

1664  On this day in history birth of matthew Prior, English poet   

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on this day in history.   

1693  Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance was born on July - 21.   

1706  Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) was born on July - 21.   

1710  Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792) was born on July - 21.   

1160  Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies on July - 21.   

1425  Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies on this day in history.   

1540  John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies on July - 21.   

1544  Death of René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle on July - 21.   

1683  Death of Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded on this day in history.   

1688  On July - 21 death of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)   

1717  Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies on this day in history.   

1782  On July - 21 placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63