Historical Events In December - 21

0072  On December - 21 thomas the Apostle  

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

1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury on December - 21.  

1163  On December - 21 hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods  

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

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

1375  On December - 21 giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies  

1401  The birth of Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter on December - 21.  

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

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

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1561  On December - 21 archbishop Granvelle installed  

1579  On this day in history vicente Masip, Spanish painter  

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

1597  Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1598  On December - 21 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  The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts on this day in history.  

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

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer on this day in history.  

1639  Jean Racin, writer on December - 21.  

1650  On December - 21 johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht  

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

1688  Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham on this day in history.  

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  Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history thomas Anton Kunz, composer  

1762  On December - 21 james Cook marries Elizabeth Batts  

1784  On this day in history john Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs)  

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 December - 21 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  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury  

1401  On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)  

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.  

1537  On December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)  

1596  On December - 21 birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)  

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  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.  

0918  On this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies  

1295  Death of 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  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on December - 21.  

1504  On this day in history death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)  

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.  

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.