Famous Birthdays In November - 21

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

1561  On this day in history birth of carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1724  On November - 21 birth of john Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist  

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

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1742  On November - 21 birth of alessandro Felici, composer  

1761  Dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816) was born on November - 21.  

1768  Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

1785  On this day in history birth of william Beaumont, surgeon (studied digestion)  

1787  On this day in history birth of samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)  

1811  Zeng Guofan, Chinese military (d. 1872) was born on November - 21.  

1817  Richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on November - 21.  

1828  William McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918 was born on this day in history.  

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  Henrietta (Hetty) Green, financier (Witch of Wall Street) was born on November - 21.  

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

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

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

1863  On this day in history birth of arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)  

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 November - 21 birth of stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)  

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0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on November - 21.  

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 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 November - 21 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 this day in history.