Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
1117 On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
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 December - 21.
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 On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer
1628 On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
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 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 this day in history.
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 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on December - 21.
1805 On this day in history birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1805 Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1826 On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer
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 this day in history.
1843 On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)
1848 Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on this day in history.
1849 James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)