Historical Events In September - 21

1837  On September - 21 charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores   

1839  On this day in history jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60   

1840  On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)   

1843  David Emlyn Evans, composer on September - 21.   

1849  On September - 21 edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)   

1853  Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) on this day in history.   

1859  On September - 21 cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)   

1860  In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the battle of Baliqiao on this day in history.   

1863  Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga on September - 21.   

1866  The birth of H.G Wells, English writer on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)   

1867  Henry Lewis Stimson, US minister of War (1911-13) on September - 21.   

1869  On September - 21 henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer   

1871  Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier on September - 21.   

1872  John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis on September - 21.   

1872  John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis on September - 21.   

1874  Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets) on this day in history.   

1874  JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 on September - 21.   

1880  On September - 21 henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury)   

1882  On this day in history alf Thorbald Hurum, composer   

1883  1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection on this day in history.   

1883  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65 on September - 21.   

1884  On September - 21 hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member   

1885  On September - 21 dutch demonstrate for general voting right   

1885  Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer on this day in history.   

1886  Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99 on September - 21.   

1887  Lodewijk de Vocht, composer on this day in history.   

1889  Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist on this day in history.   

1893  Frank Duryea drives first US made gas propelled vehicle (car) on September - 21.   

1893  On September - 21 frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car)   

1893  On this day in history moses Pergament, composer   

1894  On this day in history tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor (Roman Holiday)   

1895  The first auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company on this day in history.   

1895  On September - 21 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company   

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1051  On this day in history birth of bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)   

1328  Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.   

1372  On September - 21 birth of frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)   

1411  Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) was born on September - 21.   

1415  On this day in history birth of frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)   

1428  On September - 21 birth of jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)   

1452  On this day in history birth of girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)   

1527  Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on September - 21.   

0019  On September - 21 death of virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)   

0454  On September - 21 death of aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396)   

0687  Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies on September - 21.   

1217  On September - 21 death of lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier   

1327  Death of Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43 on this day in history.   

1397  On September - 21 death of richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346)   

1433  Death of Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1440  On September - 21 frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68