Historical Events In December - 21

0072  Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on this day in history.   

1401  On December - 21 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  Archbishop Granvelle installed on December - 21.   

1579  Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.   

1582  Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 on December - 21.   

1597  Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76 on December - 21.   

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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer on this day in history.   

1620  The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts on this day in history.   

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

1628  On December - 21 samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

1639  On December - 21 jean Racin, writer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1728  On this day in history hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

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

1736  On this day in history alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45   

1755  Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47 on December - 21.   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer on this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history james Cook marries Elizabeth Batts   

1784  John Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs) on December - 21.   

1788  Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam on December - 21.   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 on December - 21.   

1803  The Middlesex Canal opens to connect the Merrimack River with Boston Harbor on December - 21.   

1804  The birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician on this day in history.   

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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 December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

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

1596  On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  On December - 21 birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

1616  On this day in history birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

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

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

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

1295  On this day in history death of 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 this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  On December - 21 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 this day in history.   

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