Famous Birthdays In November - 21

1495  John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) was born on November - 21.  

1561  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author was born on November - 21.  

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

1637  On this day in history birth of catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)  

1645  Johann Lohner, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1692  Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet was born on November - 21.  

1694  On November - 21 birth of voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778)  

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

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

1768  On November - 21 birth of friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher  

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 November - 21 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 this day in history.  

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

1831  On this day in history birth of john Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886  

1834  On November - 21 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 November - 21.  

1852  On this day in history birth of francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer  

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

1854  On this day in history birth of benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)  

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

1861  On this day in history 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  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 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  Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 on this day in history.  

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

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 November - 21.  

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