Historical Events In December - 21

0072  Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

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

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

1163  Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods on December - 21.   

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

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.   

1401  On this day in history the birth of Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter   

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

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

1561  On December - 21 archbishop Granvelle installed   

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

1582  Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 on this day in history.   

1597  Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 21 pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

1620  On this day in history the Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts   

1620  103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11] on December - 21.   

1628  On December - 21 samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer   

1639  Jean Racin, writer on December - 21.   

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

1674  Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1688  Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham on this day in history.   

1728  Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer on December - 21.   

1734  On this day in history philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54   

1736  On December - 21 alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45   

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

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

1762  On December - 21 james Cook marries Elizabeth Batts   

1784  On this day in history john Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs)   

1788  On this day in history hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam   

1800  On this day in history barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876   

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

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 this day in history.   

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.   

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

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

1596  On December - 21 birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

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

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

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on December - 21.   

1295  On this day in history 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  On this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on this day in history.   

1549  On December - 21 death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on December - 21.