Famous Birthdays In December - 21
Thursday, 16 May 2024
1117 Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.
1401 Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.
1518 On this day in history birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician
1537 On December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1596 Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.
1603 Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.
1628 On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1639 Jean Racin, writer was born on this day in history.
1714 John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.
1728 Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on December - 21.
1756 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.
1800 On this day in history birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876
1804 On December - 21 birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)
1805 On this day in history 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 Thomas Couture, French painter/author was born on December - 21.
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.
1818 On December - 21 birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)
1823 On this day in history birth of jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer
1832 On this day in history birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 On December - 21 birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
1843 Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) was born on December - 21.
1848 Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on December - 21.
1849 On December - 21 birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 On this day in history birth of zdenek Fibich, composer
1851 On December - 21 birth of thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
1853 On this day in history birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
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 December - 21.