Famous Birthdays In November - 21

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

1561  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author was born on this day in history.  

1567  Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

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

1645  Johann Lohner, composer was born on November - 21.  

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  On November - 21 birth of john Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist  

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

1742  On November - 21 birth of alessandro Felici, composer  

1761  On November - 21 birth of dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816)  

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

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

1829  On November - 21 birth of peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet  

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  Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.  

1840  Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born on this day in history.  

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

1852  On November - 21 birth of francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer  

1853  Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17) was born on November - 21.  

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

1860  On this day in history birth of tom Horn, American gunman (d. 1903)  

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 November - 21.  

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

1867  Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist was born on November - 21.  

1870  On this day in history birth of joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)  

1870  On November - 21 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  Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 on this day in history.  

1555  On this day in history georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61  

1566  Death of Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507) on this day in history.  

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

1580  On this day in history death of willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed  

1610  On this day in history benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies