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 July - 21.   

1863  On this day in history 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  On July - 21 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  On July - 21 robert Kahn, composer   

1866  On July - 21 cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London   

1867  On July - 21 city Gardens on Folsom opens   

1870  On this day in history josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42   

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

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

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

1880  On July - 21 compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY   

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

1885  On this day in history frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

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

1891  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1892  Anton Schnack, German writer/poet on this day in history.   

1893  Hans Fallada, writer on this day in history.   

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  Tate Gallery opens in England on July - 21.   

1898  On this day in history spain cedes Guam to US   

1898  On this day in history ernest Willem Mulder, composer   

1899  On July - 21 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  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite   

1901  On July - 21 allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society)   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on this day in history.   

1904  On July - 21 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 July - 21.   

1905  On July - 21 diana Trilling, writer   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  On this day in history ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood)   

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

1515  On this day in history birth of st Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest   

1620  Jean Picard, French astronomer was born on July - 21.   

1664  On July - 21 birth of matthew Prior, English poet   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1688  On July - 21 death of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)   

1717  Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies on this day in history.   

1782  Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.