Historical Events In July - 21

1861  1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins on July - 21.   

1861  On July - 21 francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44   

1863  C[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) on July - 21.   

1864  Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history in the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.   

1865  Robert Kahn, composer on this day in history.   

1866  Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London on July - 21.   

1867  On this day in history city Gardens on Folsom opens   

1870  Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1873  On July - 21 jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)   

1877  -27] US army breaks railroad strike on this day in history.   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman on this day in history.   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY on July - 21.   

1884  On this day in history 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's   

1885  Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine) on this day in history.   

1888  Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53 on July - 21.   

1891  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51   

1892  On this day in history anton Schnack, German writer/poet   

1893  On this day in history hans Fallada, writer   

1895  On this day in history h G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)   

1896  On July - 21 national Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's   

1897  On July - 21 tate Gallery opens in England   

1898  On this day in history spain cedes Guam to US   

1898  Ernest Willem Mulder, composer on July - 21.   

1899  On this day in history the birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner   

1899  On July - 21 ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)   

1900  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite   

1901  Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) on this day in history.   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on July - 21.   

1904  On this day in history camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH   

1904  After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed on this day in history.   

1905  On July - 21 diana Trilling, writer   

1906  Daniel Ayala Perez, composer on this day in history.   

1907  Ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood) on July - 21.   

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0810  On July - 21 birth of imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870)   

1515  St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of jean Picard, French astronomer   

1664  Matthew Prior, English poet was born on this day in history.   

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on this day in history.   

1693  On July - 21 birth of thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance   

1706  Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) was born on July - 21.   

1710  On this day in history birth of paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)   

1160  On July - 21 peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies   

1425  Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies on July - 21.   

1540  On this day in history john I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies   

1544  Death of René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle on July - 21.   

1683  Death of Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded on July - 21.   

1688  Death of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610) on July - 21.   

1717  On this day in history niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies   

1782  On this day in history placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63