Famous Birthdays In December - 21

1117  On December - 21 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  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.  

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.  

1603  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)  

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 this day in history.  

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

1795  Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.  

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on December - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1810  On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer  

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

1843  On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)  

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.  

0918  On this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies  

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

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

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on this day in history.  

1504  On December - 21 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 this day in history.  

1579  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter