Famous Birthdays In December - 21

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

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

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

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

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

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on December - 21.   

1616  On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

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

1639  On December - 21 birth of jean Racin, writer   

1714  On this day in history birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)   

1728  On this day in history birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

1756  On December - 21 birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on December - 21.   

1795  Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.   

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

1804  Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on December - 21.   

1805  On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.   

1810  On December - 21 birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on December - 21.   

1818  On December - 21 birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece   

1818  Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on December - 21.   

1823  On December - 21 birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1832  On December - 21 birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on December - 21.   

1843  On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)   

1848  On this day in history birth of edward Everett Rice, composer   

1849  On December - 21 birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on December - 21.   

1851  Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1853  On December - 21 birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on December - 21.   

1860  On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)   

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

0918  On this day in history 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 December - 21 henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

1375  On December - 21 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  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.   

1579  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter