Events & Holidays In December - 21

Forefather's Day (United States of America)

Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)

Winter Solstice (Macau)

1117  On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on this day in history.   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on this day in history.   

1375  On this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  On this day in history death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

1549  On this day in history death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on this day in history.