Famous Birthdays In December - 21

1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on December - 21.  

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 21 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  On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer  

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  On December - 21 birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer  

1756  On December - 21 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  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 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  On December - 21 birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece  

1818  On this day in history birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)  

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on December - 21.  

1826  On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer  

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  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on this day in history.  

1851  On December - 21 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  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 this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies  

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

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on December - 21.  

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  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