Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1639  Jean Racin, writer was born on December - 21.   

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

1728  On December - 21 birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on December - 21.   

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

1795  On December - 21 birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer   

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

1818  On this day in history 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 December - 21.   

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 December - 21.   

1840  On this day in history birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

1843  Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) was born on December - 21.   

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

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

1850  On December - 21 birth of zdenek Fibich, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on December - 21.   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on December - 21.   

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0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

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

1375  On this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

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 this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter