Historical Events In December - 21

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

1810  On this day in history ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author on December - 21.   

1818  Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45   

1823  On December - 21 jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)   

1826  On this day in history ernst Pauer, composer   

1829  1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore on December - 21.   

1832  John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on December - 21.   

1835  On this day in history hMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)   

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

1844  On this day in history the Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.   

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

1849  1st US skating club formed (Phila) on this day in history.   

1849  On December - 21 james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)   

1850  On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer   

1853  On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 21 nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66   

1860  Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) on this day in history.   

1861  On December - 21 congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.   

1864  Gen Sherman conquers Savannah on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history william Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51   

1866  Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre on December - 21.   

1867  John Winter Thompson, composer on this day in history.   

1872  On December - 21 albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)   

1874  On December - 21 juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)   

1879  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader   

1879  Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value) on this day in history.   

1886  George Norman Peterkin, composer on this day in history.   

1889  On December - 21 joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61   

1890  On this day in history pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"   

1890  On this day in history fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)   

1890  Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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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  On December - 21 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  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

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

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

0072  On December - 21 death of thomas the Apostle   

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

1295  On December - 21 death of marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)   

1308  On this day in history henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies   

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

1504  On December - 21 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  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on this day in history.