Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1117 On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
1401 Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.
1518 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.
1537 Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.
1596 Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.
1603 Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on December - 21.
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.
1628 On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1639 On December - 21 birth of jean Racin, writer
1714 On December - 21 birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)
1728 Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on December - 21.
1756 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on this day in history.
1800 On December - 21 birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876
1804 On December - 21 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 December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)
1810 On December - 21 birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 On this day in history birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)
1823 On December - 21 birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.
1832 On this day in history birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 On this day in history birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
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 this day in history.
1849 On this day in history 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 December - 21.
1853 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on this day in history.
1859 On December - 21 birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1860 Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on December - 21.