Historical Events In December - 21

0072  On December - 21 thomas the Apostle   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

1117  On this day in history thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1163  On December - 21 hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods   

1295  On this day in history 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 this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1401  On this day in history the birth of Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter   

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician on this day in history.   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) on December - 21.   

1561  Archbishop Granvelle installed on December - 21.   

1579  On this day in history vicente Masip, Spanish painter   

1582  Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 on this day in history.   

1597  On December - 21 petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76   

1598  On this day in history battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania".   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer on December - 21.   

1620  The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts on December - 21.   

1620  103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11] on December - 21.   

1628  On this day in history samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

1639  On December - 21 jean Racin, writer   

1650  Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht on this day in history.   

1674  On December - 21 rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66   

1688  Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham on this day in history.   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer on this day in history.   

1734  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54 on December - 21.   

1736  On this day in history alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45   

1755  Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47 on December - 21.   

1756  On this day in history thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1762  James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts on this day in history.   

1784  John Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs) on this day in history.   

1788  Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam on this day in history.   

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

1803  The Middlesex Canal opens to connect the Merrimack River with Boston Harbor on December - 21.   

1804  The birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician on December - 21.   

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

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.   

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

1537  On December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

1596  On this day in history 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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

1628  On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on December - 21.   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on December - 21.   

1549  On this day in history death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on this day in history.