Historical Events In December - 21

0072  Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

1117  On December - 21 thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1163  On this day in history hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods   

1295  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 this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1401  On this day in history the birth of Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter   

1518  On this day in history mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

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

1561  Archbishop Granvelle installed on December - 21.   

1579  On December - 21 vicente Masip, Spanish painter   

1582  On December - 21 flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583   

1597  On December - 21 petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76   

1598  On this day in history battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania".   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history the Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts   

1620  103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11] on December - 21.   

1628  On December - 21 samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

1639  Jean Racin, writer on this day in history.   

1650  Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht on December - 21.   

1674  On December - 21 rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66   

1688  Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham on this day in history.   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer on December - 21.   

1734  On December - 21 philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54   

1736  On December - 21 alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45   

1755  On December - 21 caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47   

1756  On this day in history thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1762  On this day in history james Cook marries Elizabeth Batts   

1784  John Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs) on December - 21.   

1788  On December - 21 hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history the Middlesex Canal opens to connect the Merrimack River with Boston Harbor   

1804  On this day in history the birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician   

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1117  On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on December - 21.   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.   

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.   

1603  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on this day in history.   

0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

0918  On December - 21 conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

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

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on this day in history.   

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on this day in history.   

1504  On this day in history 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  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.