Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Friday, 26 July 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 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 Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.
1603 On December - 21 birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.
1628 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.
1639 Jean Racin, writer was born on December - 21.
1714 On this day in history birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)
1728 Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on December - 21.
1756 On this day in history birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer
1778 Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on December - 21.
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.
1800 Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.
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 December - 21.
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)
1810 Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on December - 21.
1815 Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on December - 21.
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.
1818 Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on December - 21.
1823 On December - 21 birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer
1832 On December - 21 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 December - 21.
1848 On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 On December - 21 birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on this day in history.
1851 Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.
1853 On this day in history birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on December - 21.
1860 On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)