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 this day in history.  

1518  On this day in history birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician  

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.  

1596  On this day in history 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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.  

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.  

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

1714  On December - 21 birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)  

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1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on December - 21.  

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

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

1795  Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on this day in history.  

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on December - 21.  

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 December - 21.  

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

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

1818  On this day in history 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  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906  

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

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

1848  On this day in history 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 December - 21.  

1851  On December - 21 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 this day in history birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)  

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

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.  

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  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on this day in history.  

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

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.