Page 2: Historical Events In December - 21

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

1810  On December - 21 ludwig Schuncke, composer   

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

1818  On this day in history amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece   

1820  On December - 21 charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45   

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) on December - 21.   

1826  On this day in history ernst Pauer, composer   

1829  1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore on December - 21.   

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 December - 21.   

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1849  On December - 21 1st US skating club formed (Phila)   

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) on this day in history.   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer on December - 21.   

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

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

1859  Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 on December - 21.   

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

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

1864  Gen Sherman conquers Savannah on December - 21.   

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

1866  Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre on this day in history.   

1867  On December - 21 john Winter Thompson, composer   

1872  On this day in history albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)   

1874  On December - 21 juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)   

1879  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader   

1879  On this day in history theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)   

1886  On this day in history george Norman Peterkin, composer   

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

1890  Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" on December - 21.   

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

1890  On this day in history niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73   

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

1628  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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