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 December - 21.   

1537  On this day in history birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

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 December - 21.   

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

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

1728  On December - 21 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 this day in history.   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.   

1804  Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 21.   

1810  On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1832  On December - 21 birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1840  On this day in history 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 December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer   

1849  On this day in history birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  On December - 21 birth of zdenek Fibich, composer   

1851  Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1853  On December - 21 birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

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  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on December - 21.   

1295  On this day in history death of marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)   

1308  On this day in history henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on December - 21.   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

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