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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history robert Kahn, composer   

1866  On July - 21 cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London   

1867  On July - 21 city Gardens on Folsom opens   

1870  Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1873  On July - 21 jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)   

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 July - 21.   

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

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  Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1891  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1892  Anton Schnack, German writer/poet on July - 21.   

1893  Hans Fallada, writer on July - 21.   

1895  On this day in history 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  Tate Gallery opens in England on July - 21.   

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

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  Ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954) on this day in history.   

1900  Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite on July - 21.   

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

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on July - 21.   

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

1904  After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed on this day in history.   

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on July - 21.   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  On this day in history 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 July - 21.   

1620  On this day in history birth of jean Picard, French astronomer   

1664  Matthew Prior, English poet was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1706  On this day in history birth of pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)   

1710  Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

1160  Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies on July - 21.   

1425  On July - 21 manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies   

1540  John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies on July - 21.   

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  Death of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610) on this day in history.   

1717  On this day in history niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies   

1782  Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 on July - 21.