Historical Events In December - 21

0072  On December - 21 thomas the Apostle   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on December - 21.   

1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury on December - 21.   

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

1295  On this day in history marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on December - 21.   

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

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

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

1537  On December - 21 johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

1561  On this day in history archbishop Granvelle installed   

1579  Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.   

1582  Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 on this day in history.   

1597  On this day in history petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76   

1598  On December - 21 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  The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts on December - 21.   

1620  On this day in history 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11]   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer on December - 21.   

1639  On December - 21 jean Racin, writer   

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

1674  On this day in history rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66   

1688  On this day in history pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer on December - 21.   

1734  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54 on December - 21.   

1736  Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1755  Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer on December - 21.   

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  Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam on December - 21.   

1800  On December - 21 barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876   

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

1804  The birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician on this day in history.   

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

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

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

1537  On December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

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

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

1616  On this day in history birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

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

0072  On December - 21 death of thomas the Apostle   

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

1295  On December - 21 death of marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)   

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   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on December - 21.   

1549  On December - 21 death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.