Famous Birthdays In December - 21

1117  On this day in history 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 December - 21.  

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)  

1603  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)  

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)  

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

1800  On this day in history birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876  

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

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

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

1848  On this day in history birth of edward Everett Rice, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

1860  On December - 21 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  On December - 21 death of marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)  

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 December - 21.  

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