Historical Events In July - 21

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

1861  On July - 21 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 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 this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman  

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  On July - 21 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 this day in history anton Schnack, German writer/poet  

1893  On July - 21 hans Fallada, writer  

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

1896  On this day in history national Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's  

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

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on July - 21.  

1904  Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH on this day in history.  

1904  On July - 21 after 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed  

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on July - 21.  

1906  Daniel Ayala Perez, composer on July - 21.  

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 July - 21.  

1515  St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest was born on this day in history.  

1620  Jean Picard, French astronomer was born on July - 21.  

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  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 this day in history peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies  

1425  On this day in history manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies  

1540  On this day in history 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  On this day in history niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies  

1782  On July - 21 placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63