Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

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

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1639  On December - 21 birth of jean Racin, writer   

1714  John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on December - 21.   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on December - 21.   

1778  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on December - 21.   

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 December - 21.   

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  Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on December - 21.   

1815  On this day in history birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author   

1818  On December - 21 birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece   

1818  On this day in history birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)   

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on this day in history.   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.   

1832  On this day in history birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1840  Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on this day in history.   

1843  On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)   

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on this day in history.   

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)   

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on this day in history.   

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on December - 21.   

1308  On December - 21 henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

1375  On December - 21 giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on December - 21.   

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter