Page 3: Historical Events In September - 21
Thursday, 04 December 2025
1837 On this day in history charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores 

1839 On September - 21 jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60 

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

1843 David Emlyn Evans, composer on this day in history. 

1849 On September - 21 edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) 

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

1859 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave) on this day in history. 

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

1863 Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga on September - 21. 

1866 On this day in history the birth of H.G Wells, English writer 

1866 Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928) on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1872 On this day in history john Henry Conyers of SC becomes first black student at Annapolis 

1872 John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis on September - 21. 

1874 Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets) on this day in history. 

1874 On this day in history jBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 

1880 Henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury) on this day in history. 

1882 On this day in history alf Thorbald Hurum, composer 

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

1883 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65 on September - 21. 

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

1885 On this day in history dutch demonstrate for general voting right 

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

1886 On this day in history teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99 

1887 On this day in history lodewijk de Vocht, composer 

1889 On this day in history otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist 

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

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

1893 On September - 21 moses Pergament, composer 

1894 On September - 21 tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor (Roman Holiday) 

1895 On this day in history the first auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company 

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

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