Famous Birthdays In November - 21

1495  On November - 21 birth of john Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)  

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

1567  On this day in history birth of anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)  

1637  Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child) was born on November - 21.  

1645  On this day in history birth of johann Lohner, composer  

1683  Johann Michael Muller, composer was born on this day in history.  

1692  On this day in history birth of carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet  

1694  On this day in history birth of voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778)  

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

1729  On this day in history birth of josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)  

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1742  Alessandro Felici, composer was born on this day in history.  

1761  Dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.  

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

1785  William Beaumont, surgeon (studied digestion) was born on November - 21.  

1787  On November - 21 birth of samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)  

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  William McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918 was born on November - 21.  

1829  On this day in history birth of peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet  

1831  On November - 21 birth of john Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886  

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  On November - 21 birth of victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia  

1851  On this day in history birth of desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal  

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

1853  On November - 21 birth of hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)  

1854  Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22) was born on this day in history.  

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

1861  On this day in history birth of joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet  

1863  Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse) was born on November - 21.  

1863  Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of pope Gelasius I  

1361  Death of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346) on this day in history.  

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  On November - 21 death of annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)  

1579  On this day in history death of thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier  

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

1610  Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies on November - 21.