Page 2: Historical Events In December - 21
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) on this day in history.
1810 Ludwig Schuncke, composer on December - 21.
1815 Thomas Couture, French painter/author on December - 21.
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece on December - 21.
1820 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer on December - 21.
1829 On December - 21 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on this day in history.
1835 On December - 21 hMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)
1840 Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history the Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
1848 On December - 21 edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 1st US skating club formed (Phila) on this day in history.
1849 James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) on December - 21.
1850 On December - 21 zdenek Fibich, composer
1853 On December - 21 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 On this day in history gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1859 On this day in history nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66
1860 Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) on this day in history.
1861 On December - 21 congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.
1864 On this day in history gen Sherman conquers Savannah
1864 On December - 21 william Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51
1866 On December - 21 cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre
1867 On this day in history john Winter Thompson, composer
1872 On this day in history albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)
1874 On December - 21 juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)
1879 On this day in history the birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader
1879 On December - 21 theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)
1886 George Norman Peterkin, composer on December - 21.
1889 On December - 21 joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61
1890 On December - 21 pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
1890 Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53) on December - 21.
1890 On December - 21 niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
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