Famous Birthdays In December - 21

1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On December - 21 birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.   

1639  On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer   

1714  John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on December - 21.   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on December - 21.   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on December - 21.   

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

1795  Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on December - 21.   

1804  On this day in history birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)   

1810  Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on this day in history.   

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on December - 21.   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on December - 21.   

1818  On this day in history birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)   

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on this day in history.   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1832  On December - 21 birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on December - 21.   

1843  Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on December - 21.   

1849  On December - 21 birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  On this day in history birth of zdenek Fibich, composer   

1851  Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1853  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on December - 21.   

1859  On December - 21 birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history.   

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on this day in history.   

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on December - 21.   

1308  On this day in history henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

1375  On December - 21 giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  On December - 21 death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.   

1579  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter