Famous Birthdays In December - 21

1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.  

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)  

1518  On this day in history birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician  

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)  

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

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

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.  

1639  Jean Racin, writer was born on December - 21.  

1714  John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on December - 21.  

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1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

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  Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on December - 21.  

1805  On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)  

1805  On this day in history birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)  

1810  On December - 21 birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer  

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)  

1826  On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer  

1832  On this day in history birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906  

1840  On this day in history birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)  

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  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on this day in history.  

1851  Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on December - 21.  

1853  On this day in history 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  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history.  

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.  

0918  On December - 21 conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies  

1295  On this day in history death of marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)  

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

1375  On December - 21 giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies  

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

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.  

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.