Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

1117  On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

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

1537  On December - 21 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 December - 21.   

1616  On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

1639  On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer   

1714  John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on December - 21.   

1728  On this day in history birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

1756  On December - 21 birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

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  On December - 21 birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876   

1804  Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on December - 21.   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 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  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 this day in history birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)   

1848  On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer   

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on December - 21.   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history birth of thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)   

1853  On this day in history 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  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 December - 21 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  On December - 21 henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

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

1504  On this day in history death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.   

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