Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

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  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On December - 21 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 December - 21.   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.   

1628  On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

1639  On December - 21 birth of jean Racin, writer   

1714  On this day in history birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)   

1728  On this day in history birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

1756  On December - 21 birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1778  On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)   

1795  On December - 21 birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on December - 21.   

1804  Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on this day in history.   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.   

1805  On this day in history birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)   

1810  On December - 21 birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on this day in history.   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.   

1818  Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on this day in history.   

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on December - 21.   

1826  On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer   

1832  John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on December - 21.   

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on December - 21.   

1843  On this day in history birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)   

1848  On this day in history birth of edward Everett Rice, composer   

1849  On this day in history birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on December - 21.   

1851  Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1853  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on December - 21.   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on this day in history.   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history.   

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0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  On December - 21 conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

1295  On this day in history death of marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on December - 21.   

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on this day in history.   

1504  On December - 21 death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

1549  On this day in history death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on this day in history.