Famous Birthdays In November - 21

1495  John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) was born on this day in history.  

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 November - 21 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  Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778) was born on November - 21.  

1724  On this day in history birth of john Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist  

1729  Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence) was born on November - 21.  

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1742  On this day in history birth of alessandro Felici, composer  

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

1768  On this day in history birth of friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher  

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  Zeng Guofan, Chinese military (d. 1872) was born on November - 21.  

1817  On November - 21 birth of richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1828  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born on this day in history.  

1851  Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal was born on November - 21.  

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 November - 21.  

1860  On November - 21 birth of tom Horn, American gunman (d. 1903)  

1861  On November - 21 birth of joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet  

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

1863  Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis) was born on November - 21.  

1867  On November - 21 birth of vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist  

1870  On November - 21 birth of joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)  

1870  On this day in history birth of stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)  

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0496  On this day in history death of pope Gelasius I  

1361  On November - 21 death of philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)  

1481  On November - 21 ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87  

1555  Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61 on November - 21.  

1566  On this day in history death of annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)  

1579  Death of Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier on this day in history.  

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