Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on December - 21.   

1616  On this day in history birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

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

1639  Jean Racin, writer was born on December - 21.   

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 this day in history birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

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

1795  Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.   

1800  Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)   

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 this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  On December - 21 birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1848  On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer   

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  Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on December - 21.   

1853  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 21 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 December - 21.   

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 December - 21.   

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