Page 3: Historical Events In July - 21

1861  On this day in history 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

1861  Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 on this day in history.   

1863  On July - 21 c[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

1864  On this day in history frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)   

1865  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 on this day in history.   

1865  On July - 21 robert Kahn, composer   

1866  On July - 21 cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London   

1867  City Gardens on Folsom opens on July - 21.   

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

1873  Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) on this day in history.   

1877  On July - 21 -27] US army breaks railroad strike   

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 this day in history.   

1884  1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's on July - 21.   

1885  Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine) on July - 21.   

1888  Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1891  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51 on July - 21.   

1892  Anton Schnack, German writer/poet on July - 21.   

1893  On July - 21 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  Spain cedes Guam to US on this day in history.   

1898  On July - 21 ernest Willem Mulder, composer   

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

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

1900  Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite on this day in history.   

1901  Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) on July - 21.   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on July - 21.   

1904  Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history after 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed   

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on July - 21.   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

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

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0810  On this day in history birth of imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870)   

1515  On July - 21 birth of st Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest   

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

1664  On this day in history birth of matthew Prior, English poet   

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on July - 21.   

1693  Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance was born on this day in history.   

1706  Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) was born on this day in history.   

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

1160  On this day in history peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies   

1425  On July - 21 manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies   

1540  On July - 21 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 this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history death of lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded   

1688  On this day in history death of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)   

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

1782  On July - 21 placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63