Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

1117  On December - 21 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 December - 21.   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.   

1596  On December - 21 birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1639  Jean Racin, writer was born on this day in history.   

1714  On December - 21 birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on December - 21.   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)   

1795  Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on December - 21.   

1804  On December - 21 birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.   

1810  Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on December - 21.   

1815  On December - 21 birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)   

1823  On December - 21 birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1832  John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on this day in history.   

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on December - 21.   

1843  On this day in history birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)   

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on December - 21.   

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on December - 21.   

1851  On this day in history birth of thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)   

1853  On December - 21 birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on December - 21.   

1860  On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)   

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0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  On December - 21 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  On December - 21 henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on this day in history.   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on this day in history.   

1549  On December - 21 death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  On this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter