Historical Events In July - 21

1861  On July - 21 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

1861  On this day in history francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44   

1863  On July - 21 c[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

1864  Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97) on July - 21.   

1865  In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown on this day in history.   

1865  Robert Kahn, composer on this day in history.   

1866  Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London on July - 21.   

1867  On this day in history city Gardens on Folsom opens   

1870  Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 on July - 21.   

1873  Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) on July - 21.   

1877  -27] US army breaks railroad strike on this day in history.   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman on July - 21.   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY on this day in history.   

1884  1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

1888  Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1891  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1892  Anton Schnack, German writer/poet on July - 21.   

1893  Hans Fallada, writer on this day in history.   

1895  H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31) on this day in history.   

1896  National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history tate Gallery opens in England   

1898  On July - 21 spain cedes Guam to US   

1898  On this day in history ernest Willem Mulder, composer   

1899  On July - 21 the birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner   

1899  Ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954) on July - 21.   

1900  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite   

1901  Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) on this day in history.   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on July - 21.   

1904  Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history after 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed   

1905  On this day in history diana Trilling, writer   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  Ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood) on July - 21.   

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0810  On this day in history birth of imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870)   

1515  St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of jean Picard, French astronomer   

1664  On July - 21 birth of matthew Prior, English poet   

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on July - 21.   

1693  On July - 21 birth of thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance   

1706  On this day in history birth of pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)   

1710  On July - 21 birth of paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)   

1160  Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies on this day in history.   

1425  Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies on this day in history.   

1540  John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history death of rené of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle   

1683  On July - 21 death of lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded   

1688  On July - 21 death of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)   

1717  Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies on July - 21.   

1782  Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.