Famous Birthdays In November - 21

1495  John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author was born on this day in history.   

1567  Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621) was born on November - 21.   

1637  On November - 21 birth of catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)   

1645  On this day in history birth of johann Lohner, composer   

1683  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Muller, composer   

1692  On November - 21 birth of carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet   

1694  Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778) was born on this day in history.   

1724  John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1729  On this day in history birth of josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)   

1742  Alessandro Felici, composer was born on November - 21.   

1761  On this day in history birth of dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816)   

1768  Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher was born on November - 21.   

1785  William Beaumont, surgeon (studied digestion) was born on this day in history.   

1787  Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line) was born on this day in history.   

1811  Zeng Guofan, Chinese military (d. 1872) was born on November - 21.   

1817  Richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on November - 21.   

1828  On November - 21 birth of william McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918   

1829  Peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet was born on November - 21.   

1831  John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on this day in history.   

1834  Henrietta (Hetty) Green, financier (Witch of Wall Street) was born on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history birth of joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1840  Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born on November - 21.   

1851  On this day in history birth of desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal   

1852  On November - 21 birth of francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer   

1853  On this day in history birth of hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)   

1854  Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22) was born on November - 21.   

1860  On November - 21 birth of tom Horn, American gunman (d. 1903)   

1861  On this day in history birth of joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet   

1863  On this day in history birth of arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)   

1863  On November - 21 birth of mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis)   

1867  On this day in history birth of vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist   

1870  On November - 21 birth of joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)   

1870  On this day in history birth of stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)   

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0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on this day in history.   

1361  On this day in history death of philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)   

1481  Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61   

1566  Death of Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507) on November - 21.   

1579  On this day in history death of thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier   

1580  Death of Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed on this day in history.   

1610  Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies on November - 21.