Page 2: Historical Events In December - 21

1804  On this day in history benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)   

1810  On December - 21 ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  On this day in history thomas Couture, French painter/author   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece on December - 21.   

1820  Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45 on December - 21.   

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

1826  On December - 21 ernst Pauer, composer   

1829  1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore on this day in history.   

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

1835  HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

1844  On this day in history the Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.   

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer on December - 21.   

1849  1st US skating club formed (Phila) on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  On December - 21 zdenek Fibich, composer   

1853  On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

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

1859  On December - 21 nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66   

1860  On this day in history henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)   

1861  Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel on December - 21.   

1864  On December - 21 gen Sherman conquers Savannah   

1864  William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1866  On December - 21 cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre   

1867  John Winter Thompson, composer on this day in history.   

1872  Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog) on this day in history.   

1874  Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36) on December - 21.   

1879  The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader on December - 21.   

1879  Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value) on December - 21.   

1886  George Norman Peterkin, composer on December - 21.   

1889  On December - 21 joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61   

1890  Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" on this day in history.   

1890  Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53) on this day in history.   

1890  Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73 on December - 21.   

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1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

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

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

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

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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

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

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on this day in history.   

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

1504  On December - 21 death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.   

1579  On this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter