Historical Events In December - 21

0072  Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on this day in history.   

1117  On this day in history thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1163  Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods on this day in history.   

1295  Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on December - 21.   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on this day in history.   

1375  On this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1401  On this day in history the birth of Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter   

1518  On December - 21 mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  On this day in history johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

1561  On December - 21 archbishop Granvelle installed   

1579  Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on this day in history.   

1582  On December - 21 flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583   

1597  On this day in history petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76   

1598  On this day in history battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania".   

1616  On this day in history pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

1620  On December - 21 the Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts   

1620  103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11] on December - 21.   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer on December - 21.   

1639  On December - 21 jean Racin, writer   

1650  Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht on this day in history.   

1674  Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66 on December - 21.   

1688  Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham on December - 21.   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54   

1736  Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45 on December - 21.   

1755  On this day in history caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer on December - 21.   

1762  On December - 21 james Cook marries Elizabeth Batts   

1784  John Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs) on this day in history.   

1788  Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876   

1803  On this day in history the Middlesex Canal opens to connect the Merrimack River with Boston Harbor   

1804  On this day in history the birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician   

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1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  On this day in history birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.   

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on December - 21.   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on December - 21.   

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on this day in history.   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on December - 21.   

1375  On this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on December - 21.   

1549  On this day in history death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  On this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter