Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

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

1401  On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.   

1628  On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

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

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  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 December - 21.   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1815  On this day in history birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author   

1818  On December - 21 birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece   

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

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

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history 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  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on December - 21.   

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  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 December - 21.   

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

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 this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter