Historical Events In December - 21

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

1810  On December - 21 ludwig Schuncke, composer  

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author on December - 21.  

1818  On this day in history amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece  

1820  Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45 on December - 21.  

1823  On this day in history jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)  

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer on this day in history.  

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  HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) on this day in history.  

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

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

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) on this day in history.  

1850  On December - 21 zdenek Fibich, composer  

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  Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1860  On December - 21 henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)  

1861  Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel on December - 21.  

1864  On December - 21 gen Sherman conquers Savannah  

1864  On this day in history william Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51  

1866  Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre on December - 21.  

1867  John Winter Thompson, composer on this day in history.  

1872  Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog) on December - 21.  

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

1879  The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader on December - 21.  

1879  On this day in history 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 this day in history pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"  

1890  On December - 21 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  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  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  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)  

1616  On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer  

1628  On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer  

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle  

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

1295  On this day in history 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 December - 21.  

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 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.