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  On this day in history thomas Couture, French painter/author   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece on December - 21.   

1820  On this day in history charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45   

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

1826  On this day in history ernst Pauer, composer   

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

1832  On this day in history john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1835  On December - 21 hMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)   

1840  On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer on this day in history.   

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  Zdenek Fibich, composer on December - 21.   

1853  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)   

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  Gen Sherman conquers Savannah on this day in history.   

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 December - 21 albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)   

1874  Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36) on this day in history.   

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

1879  On December - 21 theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)   

1886  George Norman Peterkin, composer on December - 21.   

1889  Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1890  Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" on December - 21.   

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

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

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

1537  On December - 21 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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.   

0072  On December - 21 death of thomas the Apostle   

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

1295  On December - 21 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1549  On this day in history death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

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