Page 3: Historical Events In July - 21

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

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

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

1864  On this day in history frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)   

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  Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London on this day in history.   

1867  On July - 21 city Gardens on Folsom opens   

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

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

1877  On this day in history -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  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  On this day in history frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

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

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

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

1893  On this day in history hans Fallada, writer   

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

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

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

1901  On this day in history allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society)   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on July - 21.   

1904  On July - 21 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 this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history diana Trilling, writer   

1906  Daniel Ayala Perez, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1664  On July - 21 birth of matthew Prior, English poet   

1676  On July - 21 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  On this day in history birth of pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)   

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

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

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

1540  On July - 21 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  Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 on July - 21.