Famous Birthdays In December - 21

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

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

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on December - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer  

1639  On December - 21 birth of jean Racin, writer  

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

1728  On this day in history birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer  

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on December - 21.  

1778  On December - 21 birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)  

1795  Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.  

1800  On December - 21 birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876  

1804  On December - 21 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 this day in history.  

1810  Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on December - 21.  

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

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on December - 21.  

1818  On December - 21 birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)  

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 this day in history.  

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on December - 21.  

1843  On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)  

1848  On December - 21 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 this day in history.  

1853  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on this day in history.  

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on this day in history.  

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history.  

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0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle  

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

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on December - 21.  

1308  On December - 21 henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies  

1375  On this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies  

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on December - 21.  

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on this day in history.