Page 3: Historical Events In July - 21

1861  On this day in history 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

1861  On this day in history francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44   

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  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 on July - 21.   

1865  On this day in history robert Kahn, composer   

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

1867  City Gardens on Folsom opens on this day in history.   

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 July - 21 -27] US army breaks railroad strike   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman on this day in history.   

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 July - 21.   

1885  Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine) on this day in history.   

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

1891  On July - 21 franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51   

1892  On July - 21 anton Schnack, German writer/poet   

1893  On July - 21 hans Fallada, writer   

1895  On July - 21 h G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)   

1896  National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history tate Gallery opens in England   

1898  Spain cedes Guam to US on this day in history.   

1898  On July - 21 ernest Willem Mulder, composer   

1899  The birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner on July - 21.   

1899  Ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954) on July - 21.   

1900  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite   

1901  Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) on July - 21.   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on this day in history.   

1904  Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH on July - 21.   

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

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on this day in history.   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  On July - 21 ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood)   

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0810  Imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870) was born on this day in history.   

1515  St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest was born on this day in history.   

1620  Jean Picard, French astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on July - 21.   

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 July - 21.   

1710  Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792) was born on July - 21.   

1160  On July - 21 peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies   

1425  Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies on July - 21.   

1540  John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

1544  Death of René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle on July - 21.   

1683  On this day in history death of lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded   

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 this day in history placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63