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  On July - 21 frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)  

1865  On July - 21 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 July - 21.  

1866  On July - 21 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 this day in history.  

1877  -27] US army breaks railroad strike on July - 21.  

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  On July - 21 compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY  

1884  On July - 21 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's  

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

1888  On this day in history matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53  

1891  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51 on July - 21.  

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

1893  Hans Fallada, writer on this day in history.  

1895  On this day in history h G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)  

1896  On July - 21 national Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's  

1897  Tate Gallery opens in England on July - 21.  

1898  On this day in history spain cedes Guam to US  

1898  On this day in history ernest Willem Mulder, composer  

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

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  On July - 21 allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society)  

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  After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed on July - 21.  

1905  On July - 21 diana Trilling, writer  

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 July - 21 birth of st Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest  

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

1664  Matthew Prior, English poet was born on July - 21.  

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on this day in history.  

1693  Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance was born on this day in history.  

1706  On July - 21 birth of pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)  

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

1160  Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies  

1782  Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.