Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Friday, 25 October 2024
1117 On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
1401 Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.
1518 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.
1537 Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.
1596 On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)
1603 On December - 21 birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.
1628 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on this day in history.
1639 On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer
1714 John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.
1728 On December - 21 birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer
1756 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on December - 21.
1778 Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on December - 21.
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on this day in history.
1800 On this day in history birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876
1804 On this day in history birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)
1810 On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer
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 Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on December - 21.
1823 Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on December - 21.
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on December - 21.
1840 Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on this day in history.
1843 On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)
1848 On this day in history birth of edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 On December - 21 birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 On December - 21 birth of zdenek Fibich, composer
1851 On this day in history birth of thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
1853 On this day in history birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 On this day in history birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1860 On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)