Page 2: 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  On December - 21 thomas Couture, French painter/author   

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

1820  Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer on this day in history.   

1829  1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore on December - 21.   

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

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  The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history edward Everett Rice, composer   

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

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) on December - 21.   

1850  On December - 21 zdenek Fibich, composer   

1853  On December - 21 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) on December - 21.   

1859  Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 on December - 21.   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre   

1867  On December - 21 john Winter Thompson, composer   

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

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

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

1879  On this day in history theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)   

1886  On this day in history george Norman Peterkin, composer   

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  Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53) on this day in history.   

1890  Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73 on December - 21.   

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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  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.   

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

1596  On December - 21 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 December - 21.   

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

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

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on December - 21.   

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  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter