Historical Events In December - 21

0072  On December - 21 thomas the Apostle   

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

1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury on December - 21.   

1163  On December - 21 hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods   

1295  Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on this day in history.   

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

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

1401  On December - 21 the birth of Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter   

1518  On December - 21 mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) on December - 21.   

1561  Archbishop Granvelle installed on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 21 vicente Masip, Spanish painter   

1582  On this day in history flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583   

1597  On December - 21 petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76   

1598  Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania" on December - 21.   

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

1620  The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11]   

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

1639  Jean Racin, writer on this day in history.   

1650  On December - 21 johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht   

1674  On December - 21 rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66   

1688  On December - 21 pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham   

1728  On December - 21 hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer   

1734  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54 on December - 21.   

1736  Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45 on December - 21.   

1755  Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1756  On this day in history thomas Anton Kunz, composer   

1762  James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts on December - 21.   

1784  On December - 21 john Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs)   

1788  Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam on December - 21.   

1800  On December - 21 barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876   

1803  On this day in history the Middlesex Canal opens to connect the Merrimack River with Boston Harbor   

1804  The birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician on this day in history.   

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1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on December - 21.   

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on December - 21.   

1537  On this day in history birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

1596  On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  On December - 21 birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on this day in history.   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on this day in history.   

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

1504  On this day in history death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.   

1579  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter