Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
1117 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1596 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.
1628 On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1639 Jean Racin, writer was born on December - 21.
1714 John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.
1728 Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on this day in history.
1756 On December - 21 birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer
1778 Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)
1800 On this day in history birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on December - 21.
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1805 Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.
1810 On December - 21 birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 On this day in history birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on December - 21.
1818 Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on December - 21.
1823 On December - 21 birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 On December - 21 birth of ernst Pauer, composer
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
1843 Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.
1848 On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 On this day in history birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 On this day in history birth of zdenek Fibich, composer
1851 On this day in history birth of thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
1853 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on December - 21.
1859 On this day in history birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1860 Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history.