Historical Events In October - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1662 Henry Lawes, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1680 Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer on this day in history.
1687 On October - 21 edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies
1708 Dutch & English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel) on October - 21.
1727 Russian & Chinese accord to correct boundaries on this day in history.
1751 On this day in history david Moritz Michael, composer
1760 On this day in history the birth of Katsushka Hokusai, Japanese painter
1761 On October - 21 louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer/brig general
1762 Herman W Daendels, brig-gen/gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1807-11) on October - 21.
1765 On this day in history giovanni Paolo Pannini/Panini, Italian painter/architect, dies at 73
1767 On this day in history francesco Ruggi, composer
1772 The birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and friend of Wordsworth on this day in history.
1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner) on October - 21.
1773 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78 on October - 21.
1774 First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America on this day in history.
1775 Guiseppi Baini, composer on this day in history.
1790 Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (René) on this day in history.
1793 On October - 21 johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66
1797 On this day in history uS Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston
1798 Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1803 On October - 21 george Wright, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1865
1805 On this day in history battle of Trafalgar, Adm Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleet & dies
1805 Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar on October - 21.
1807 Hanri Reber, composer on October - 21.
1810 Franz Teyber, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1816 The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia on October - 21.
1822 Levinus Keuchenius, Dutch minister of Colonies (1888-90) on this day in history.
1823 On October - 21 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer
1824 Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Yorkshire England) on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history petrus PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer
1833 On this day in history alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and creator of the peace prize that bears his name, is born.
1833 On this day in history the birth of Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor of 'Dynamite'
1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite & Peace Prizes on this day in history.
1839 Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank) on this day in history.
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