Page 2: Historical Events In December - 21

1804  Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history ludwig Schuncke, composer   

1815  Thomas Couture, French painter/author on this day in history.   

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

1820  Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1823  Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) on this day in history.   

1826  Ernst Pauer, composer on December - 21.   

1829  On this day in history 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore   

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

1835  HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

1844  On December - 21 the Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.   

1848  Edward Everett Rice, composer on December - 21.   

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

1849  James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) on December - 21.   

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.   

1853  On December - 21 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

1859  Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) on December - 21.   

1859  Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1861  Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history gen Sherman conquers Savannah   

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

1866  On December - 21 cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre   

1867  On December - 21 john Winter Thompson, composer   

1872  Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog) on December - 21.   

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

1879  On December - 21 the birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader   

1879  Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value) on December - 21.   

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  Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" on this day in history.   

1890  On December - 21 fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)   

1890  On December - 21 niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73   

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

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

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

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history 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 December - 21.   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 21.   

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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