Famous Birthdays In December - 21

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

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

1518  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician  

1537  On December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)  

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.  

1603  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer  

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

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

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

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on December - 21.  

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  On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)  

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 December - 21.  

1815  On December - 21 birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author  

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 December - 21 birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)  

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.  

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

1840  On December - 21 birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)  

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  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)  

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.  

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

1375  On December - 21 giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies  

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  On this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter