Page 2: Historical Events In December - 21

1804  Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) on December - 21.   

1810  On this day in history 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 December - 21.   

1826  On December - 21 ernst Pauer, composer   

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 this day in history hMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)   

1840  On this day in history 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  Edward Everett Rice, composer on this day in history.   

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

1849  On December - 21 james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer on December - 21.   

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

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 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  William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51 on December - 21.   

1866  Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre on this day in history.   

1867  On December - 21 john Winter Thompson, composer   

1872  On this day in history albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)   

1874  Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36) on December - 21.   

1879  On December - 21 the birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader   

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

1886  On this day in history george Norman Peterkin, composer   

1889  On December - 21 joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61   

1890  Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)   

1890  Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1401  On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

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

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

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

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

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

0072  On December - 21 death of thomas the Apostle   

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

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on this day in history.   

1308  On December - 21 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 December - 21.   

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 this day in history.