Historical Events In December - 21

0072  Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

0918  On December - 21 conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1561  On December - 21 archbishop Granvelle installed   

1579  On December - 21 vicente Masip, Spanish painter   

1582  On this day in history flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583   

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

1598  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" on December - 21.   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer on December - 21.   

1620  On this day in history the Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts   

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

1628  On December - 21 samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

1639  Jean Racin, writer on this day in history.   

1650  Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht on December - 21.   

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

1688  On this day in history pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer on December - 21.   

1734  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54 on December - 21.   

1736  Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1755  On December - 21 caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47   

1756  On December - 21 thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1762  On this day in history james Cook marries Elizabeth Batts   

1784  On December - 21 john Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs)   

1788  On this day in history hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam   

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  The birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician on December - 21.   

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1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

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

0072  On December - 21 death of thomas the Apostle   

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  On December - 21 henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on December - 21.   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on this day in history.   

1549  On December - 21 death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter