Historical Events In December - 21
Friday, 18 October 2024
1804 On this day in history benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)
1810 On December - 21 ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 On December - 21 thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 On December - 21 amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece
1820 On this day in history charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45
1823 Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) on this day in history.
1826 On December - 21 ernst Pauer, composer
1829 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore on this day in history.
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on this day in history.
1835 On December - 21 hMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)
1840 Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) on this day in history.
1844 On December - 21 the Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
1848 On this day in history edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 On this day in history 1st US skating club formed (Phila)
1849 On this day in history james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer
1853 On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 On this day in history gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1859 On December - 21 nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66
1860 On December - 21 henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)
1861 On this day in history congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.
1864 Gen Sherman conquers Savannah on December - 21.
1864 On this day in history william Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51
1866 Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre on this day in history.
1867 John Winter Thompson, composer on December - 21.
1872 Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog) on this day in history.
1874 Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36) on this day in history.
1879 The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader on this day in history.
1879 On December - 21 theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)
1886 On December - 21 george Norman Peterkin, composer
1889 On December - 21 joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61
1890 On December - 21 pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
1890 On this day in history fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)
1890 On December - 21 niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
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