Historical Events In October - 21
Friday, 29 March 2024
1662 On October - 21 henry Lawes, composer, dies at 66
1680 On October - 21 francisco Jose Coutinho, composer
1687 Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies on October - 21.
1708 On this day in history dutch & English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel)
1727 On October - 21 russian & Chinese accord to correct boundaries
1751 David Moritz Michael, composer on this day in history.
1760 On this day in history the birth of Katsushka Hokusai, Japanese painter
1761 On this day in history louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer/brig general
1762 On this day in history herman W Daendels, brig-gen/gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1807-11)
1765 On October - 21 giovanni Paolo Pannini/Panini, Italian painter/architect, dies at 73
1767 On October - 21 francesco Ruggi, composer
1772 The birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth on this day in history.
1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner) on October - 21.
1773 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1774 First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America on this day in history.
1775 Guiseppi Baini, composer on October - 21.
1790 On this day in history alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (René)
1793 Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 on October - 21.
1797 On October - 21 uS Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston
1798 On October - 21 johann Christoph Schmugel, composer, dies at 71
1803 George Wright, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1865 on October - 21.
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Adm Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleet & dies on October - 21.
1805 On October - 21 horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar
1807 On October - 21 hanri Reber, composer
1810 Franz Teyber, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1816 The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia on this day in history.
1822 Levinus Keuchenius, Dutch minister of Colonies (1888-90) on this day in history.
1823 Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer on this day in history.
1824 On October - 21 joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Yorkshire England)
1827 Petrus PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer on October - 21.
1833 On October - 21 alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and creator of the peace prize that bears his name, is born.
1833 On October - 21 the birth of Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor of 'Dynamite'
1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite & Peace Prizes on this day in history.
1839 On this day in history georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank)
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