Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

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

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 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 December - 21.   

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  On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer   

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

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

1756  On December - 21 birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on December - 21.   

1795  On December - 21 birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)   

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

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

1810  Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer   

1832  On December - 21 birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1840  On December - 21 birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

1843  Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on December - 21.   

1859  On this day in history birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)   

1860  On this day in history birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)   

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

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on this day in history.   

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  On December - 21 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  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter