Historical Events In September - 21

1837  On September - 21 charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores  

1839  On this day in history jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60  

1840  Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history david Emlyn Evans, composer  

1849  Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) on September - 21.  

1853  Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)  

1860  On September - 21 in the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the battle of Baliqiao.  

1863  On this day in history union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga  

1866  On September - 21 the birth of H.G Wells, English writer  

1866  On this day in history charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)  

1867  On September - 21 henry Lewis Stimson, US minister of War (1911-13)  

1869  Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer on this day in history.  

1871  On September - 21 ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier  

1872  John Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis on September - 21.  

1872  On September - 21 john Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis  

1874  On this day in history gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)  

1874  JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1880  On September - 21 henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury)  

1882  Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer on September - 21.  

1883  1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection on September - 21.  

1883  On this day in history johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65  

1884  Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member on this day in history.  

1885  Dutch demonstrate for general voting right on September - 21.  

1885  Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer on September - 21.  

1886  Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99 on September - 21.  

1887  On this day in history lodewijk de Vocht, composer  

1889  Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist on this day in history.  

1893  Frank Duryea drives first US made gas propelled vehicle (car) on this day in history.  

1893  On September - 21 frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car)  

1893  Moses Pergament, composer on this day in history.  

1894  Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor (Roman Holiday) on September - 21.  

1895  On September - 21 the first auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company  

1895  1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company on September - 21.  

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1051  On September - 21 birth of bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)  

1328  On September - 21 birth of hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)  

1372  On this day in history birth of frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)  

1411  Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) was born on September - 21.  

1415  On this day in history birth of frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)  

1428  On September - 21 birth of jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)  

1452  On this day in history birth of girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)  

1527  Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on September - 21.  

0019  Death of Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC) on September - 21.  

0454  Death of Aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396) on September - 21.  

0687  On this day in history conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies  

1217  Death of Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier on September - 21.  

1327  Death of Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43 on this day in history.  

1397  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346) on September - 21.  

1433  Death of Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.  

1440  Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68 on this day in history.