Historical Events In September - 21

1837  On this day in history charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores   

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

1840  On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)   

1843  David Emlyn Evans, composer on September - 21.   

1849  Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913)   

1859  On September - 21 cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)   

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

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

1866  The birth of H.G Wells, English writer on this day in history.   

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  On September - 21 henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer   

1871  Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier on September - 21.   

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

1872  John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis on this day in history.   

1874  Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets) on September - 21.   

1874  On September - 21 jBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75   

1880  On this day in history henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury)   

1882  On September - 21 alf Thorbald Hurum, composer   

1883  1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection on this day in history.   

1883  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member   

1885  On September - 21 dutch demonstrate for general voting right   

1885  On September - 21 thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer   

1886  On September - 21 teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99   

1887  Lodewijk de Vocht, composer on this day in history.   

1889  Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist on September - 21.   

1893  On this day in history frank Duryea drives first US made gas propelled vehicle (car)   

1893  Frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car) on this day in history.   

1893  Moses Pergament, composer on September - 21.   

1894  On this day in history tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor (Roman Holiday)   

1895  The first auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company on September - 21.   

1895  On this day in history 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company   

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1051  Bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087) was born on this day in history.   

1328  Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on September - 21.   

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

1411  On September - 21 birth of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)   

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

1428  On this day in history birth of jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)   

1452  Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on this day in history.   

1527  On September - 21 birth of matthaus Ludecus, composer   

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

0454  Death of Aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396) on this day in history.   

0687  Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies on September - 21.   

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  On September - 21 death of richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346)   

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

1440  On September - 21 frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68