Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

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

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

1518  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  On this day in history 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.   

1639  On December - 21 birth of jean Racin, writer   

1714  On December - 21 birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)   

1728  On December - 21 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  On this day in history birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)   

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

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

1805  On this day in history birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on this day in history.   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.   

1818  On December - 21 birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)   

1823  On this day in history birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.   

1832  John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on this day in history.   

1840  On December - 21 birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on December - 21.   

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on December - 21.   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1853  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on December - 21.   

1859  On December - 21 birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on December - 21.   

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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  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on December - 21.   

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  On this day in history death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

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

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