Historical Events In November - 21

1783  On this day in history a Montgolfier brothers hot-air balloon, takes Jean de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 500ft above Paris  

1783  Pilstre de Rozier &Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight on this day in history.  

1783  On this day in history pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight  

1785  On November - 21 william Beaumont, surgeon (studied digestion)  

1787  Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar on this day in history.  

1787  Andrew Jackson admitted to bar on November - 21.  

1787  Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line) on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history north Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state  

1791  Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic on this day in history.  

1794  Honolulu Harbor discovered on November - 21.  

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1806  On November - 21 decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England  

1811  On November - 21 heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34  

1813  On this day in history stettin surrenders to allied armies  

1813  On this day in history william Russell, composer, dies at 36  

1817  On this day in history richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1817  Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen on November - 21.  

1818  Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine on November - 21.  

1824  On November - 21 jewish Reform congregation established, Charleston, SC  

1824  On this day in history 1st Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC  

1828  William McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918 on this day in history.  

1829  Peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history john Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886  

1834  On November - 21 hMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile  

1834  On this day in history henrietta (Hetty) Green, financier (Witch of Wall Street)  

1837  On November - 21 thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times  

1840  Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia on November - 21.  

1847  Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 on November - 21.  

1848  Cincinatti Turngemeinde founded on November - 21.  

1848  Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto," premieres in Paris on November - 21.  

1849  Friedrich Hebbel's "Der Rubin," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.  

1851  Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College  

1852  On November - 21 francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer  

1853  On this day in history hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)  

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1495  John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) was born on this day in history.  

1561  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author was born on this day in history.  

1567  Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

1637  Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child) was born on November - 21.  

1645  On November - 21 birth of johann Lohner, composer  

1683  Johann Michael Muller, composer was born on November - 21.  

1692  Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet was born on November - 21.  

1694  On this day in history birth of voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778)  

0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on this day in history.  

1361  On November - 21 death of philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)  

1481  On this day in history ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87  

1555  On November - 21 georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61  

1566  Death of Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507) on this day in history.  

1579  On November - 21 death of thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier  

1580  Death of Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed on this day in history.  

1610  On November - 21 benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies