Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Thursday, 23 March 2023
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)