Famous Birthdays In November - 21

1495  On this day in history birth of john Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)  

1561  On November - 21 birth of carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author  

1567  Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621) was born on November - 21.  

1637  On November - 21 birth of catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)  

1645  On November - 21 birth of johann Lohner, composer  

1683  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Muller, composer  

1692  Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet was born on this day in history.  

1694  Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

1724  John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

1729  On November - 21 birth of josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)  

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1742  Alessandro Felici, composer was born on November - 21.  

1761  On this day in history birth of dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816)  

1768  Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher was born on November - 21.  

1785  On November - 21 birth of william Beaumont, surgeon (studied digestion)  

1787  Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line) was born on this day in history.  

1811  On this day in history birth of zeng Guofan, Chinese military (d. 1872)  

1817  Richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

1828  On November - 21 birth of william McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918  

1829  Peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet was born on this day in history.  

1831  John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history birth of henrietta (Hetty) Green, financier (Witch of Wall Street)  

1834  On this day in history birth of joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893  

1840  Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born on November - 21.  

1851  Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal was born on this day in history.  

1852  Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer was born on November - 21.  

1853  On this day in history birth of hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)  

1854  On November - 21 birth of benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)  

1860  Tom Horn, American gunman (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.  

1861  Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet was born on November - 21.  

1863  Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse) was born on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history birth of mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis)  

1867  On this day in history birth of vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist  

1870  Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century) was born on this day in history.  

1870  Stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal) was born on this day in history.  

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0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on this day in history.  

1361  Death of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346) on November - 21.  

1481  Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 on November - 21.  

1555  Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1566  Death of Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507) on November - 21.  

1579  Death of Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier on November - 21.  

1580  Death of Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed on this day in history.  

1610  On November - 21 benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies