Historical Events In July - 21

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

1861  Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 on July - 21.  

1863  C[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) on this day in history.  

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  On July - 21 city Gardens on Folsom opens  

1870  On this day in history josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42  

1873  Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 July - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1897  Tate Gallery opens in England on this day in history.  

1898  Spain cedes Guam to US on July - 21.  

1898  On July - 21 ernest Willem Mulder, composer  

1899  On July - 21 the birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner  

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

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

1901  On this day in history 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  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 July - 21.  

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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 this day in history birth of jean Picard, French astronomer  

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

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

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  On this day in history death of rené of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle  

1683  On July - 21 death of lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded  

1688  On July - 21 death of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)  

1717  On July - 21 niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies  

1782  On this day in history placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63