Famous Personalities Born In December - 21

1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1401  On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

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

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.   

1639  On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer   

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

1728  On December - 21 birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

1756  Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1778  On December - 21 birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)   

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

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

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

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.   

1805  Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.   

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

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

1818  On this day in history birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece   

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  Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.   

1832  On December - 21 birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

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

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

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

1851  On December - 21 birth of thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)   

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

1859  On December - 21 birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)   

1860  On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)   

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0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1504  On this day in history 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 December - 21.