Page 2: Historical Events In December - 21

1804  On December - 21 benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)   

1810  On December - 21 ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author on this day in history.   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece on this day in history.   

1820  On December - 21 charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45   

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) on this day in history.   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer on December - 21.   

1829  On this day in history 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore   

1832  John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on December - 21.   

1835  HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) on December - 21.   

1840  On December - 21 mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

1844  On December - 21 the Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.   

1848  On this day in history edward Everett Rice, composer   

1849  1st US skating club formed (Phila) on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  On December - 21 zdenek Fibich, composer   

1853  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) on December - 21.   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 21 nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) on December - 21.   

1861  On this day in history 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 December - 21 john Winter Thompson, composer   

1872  Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog) on this day in history.   

1874  On December - 21 juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)   

1879  The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader on this day in history.   

1879  Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value) on this day in history.   

1886  George Norman Peterkin, composer on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61   

1890  On December - 21 pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"   

1890  On December - 21 fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)   

1890  On December - 21 niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73   

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

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 21.   

1596  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

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

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

1308  On this day in history henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

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

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