Famous Birthdays 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  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 21.  

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

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on this day in history.  

1639  On December - 21 birth of jean Racin, writer  

1714  John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.  

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

1756  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876  

1804  On this day in history birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)  

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.  

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.  

1810  Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author  

1818  On December - 21 birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece  

1818  On December - 21 birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)  

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)  

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on December - 21.  

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on December - 21.  

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on this day in history.  

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