Historical Events In December - 21
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) on this day in history.
1810 On December - 21 ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 On December - 21 thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 On this day in history amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece
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 this day in history 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
1832 On December - 21 john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1835 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) on December - 21.
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 this day in history edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 1st US skating club formed (Phila) on December - 21.
1849 James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) on December - 21.
1850 On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer
1853 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) on this day in history.
1859 On December - 21 gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1859 Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 on December - 21.
1860 On this day in history henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)
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 John Winter Thompson, composer on this day in history.
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 The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader on December - 21.
1879 On December - 21 theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)
1886 George Norman Peterkin, composer on this day in history.
1889 Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61 on December - 21.
1890 On December - 21 pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
1890 On this day in history fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)
1890 On this day in history niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
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