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 July - 21.   

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 this day in history city Gardens on Folsom opens   

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

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

1877  On this day in history -27] US army breaks railroad strike   

1880  On July - 21 compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman   

1880  On this day in history compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY   

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

1885  On this day in history frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

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  On this day in history 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 July - 21.   

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 July - 21.   

1898  Ernest Willem Mulder, composer on this day in history.   

1899  The birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history theodore Karyotakis, composer   

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 July - 21.   

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on July - 21.   

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

1706  Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) was born on July - 21.   

1710  On July - 21 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  On this day in history john I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies   

1544  On this day in history death of rené of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle   

1683  Death of Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded on July - 21.   

1688  Death of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610) on July - 21.   

1717  Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies on this day in history.   

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