Page 3: Historical Events In July - 21

1861  On July - 21 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

1861  Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 on this day in history.   

1863  On July - 21 c[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

1864  Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97) on July - 21.   

1865  On this day in history in the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.   

1865  Robert Kahn, composer on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London   

1867  City Gardens on Folsom opens on July - 21.   

1870  Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 on July - 21.   

1873  Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) on July - 21.   

1877  On this day in history -27] US army breaks railroad strike   

1880  On July - 21 compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY on July - 21.   

1884  1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's on this day in history.   

1885  On July - 21 frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

1888  Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53 on July - 21.   

1891  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51   

1892  On this day in history anton Schnack, German writer/poet   

1893  Hans Fallada, writer on this day in history.   

1895  H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31) on July - 21.   

1896  National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's on July - 21.   

1897  Tate Gallery opens in England on July - 21.   

1898  On this day in history spain cedes Guam to US   

1898  On July - 21 ernest Willem Mulder, composer   

1899  The birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)   

1900  Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite on this day in history.   

1901  Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) on this day in history.   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH   

1904  On this day in history after 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed   

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on July - 21.   

1906  On this day in history daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  Ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood) on this day in history.   

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0810  On July - 21 birth of imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870)   

1515  On this day in history birth of st Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest   

1620  On July - 21 birth of jean Picard, French astronomer   

1664  On this day in history birth of matthew Prior, English poet   

1676  On this day in history birth of anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking)   

1693  On this day in history birth of thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance   

1706  Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) was born on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history birth of paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)   

1160  On this day in history peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies   

1425  Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history john I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies   

1544  Death of René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle on this day in history.   

1683  Death of Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded on July - 21.   

1688  On this day in history death of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)   

1717  Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies on this day in history.   

1782  On July - 21 placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63