Famous Personalities Born 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  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

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  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jean Racin, writer was born on this day in history.   

1714  John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On December - 21 birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

1756  On this day in history birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1778  On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)   

1795  On December - 21 birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)   

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

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  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 December - 21.   

1815  On December - 21 birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author   

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

1818  Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on December - 21.   

1823  On December - 21 birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)   

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

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  On December - 21 birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

1859  On December - 21 birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on December - 21.   

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on this day in history.   

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  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  On December - 21 death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

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