Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
1117 On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
1401 On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
1518 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on December - 21.
1537 Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.
1596 On December - 21 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 this day in history.
1616 On this day in history birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer
1628 On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1639 On December - 21 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 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on December - 21.
1778 On December - 21 birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.
1800 On December - 21 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 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 December - 21.
1815 Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on this day in history.
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on December - 21.
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 December - 21.
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.
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 December - 21.
1843 On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)
1848 On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 On December - 21 birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
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 this day in history.
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.