Famous Birthdays In December - 21

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

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

1596  On December - 21 birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)  

1603  On December - 21 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  Jean Racin, writer was born on this day in history.  

1714  On this day in history birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)  

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

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 this day in history birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)  

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 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  Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on December - 21.  

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on December - 21.  

1818  On this day in history birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece  

1818  On December - 21 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  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.  

1832  John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on December - 21.  

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on this day in history.  

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

1848  On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer  

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on December - 21.  

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

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)  

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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 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 December - 21 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