Page 2: Historical Events In December - 21

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

1810  On December - 21 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1848  On December - 21 edward Everett Rice, composer   

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

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

1850  Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1859  Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 on December - 21.   

1860  On this day in history henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)   

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

1864  On December - 21 gen Sherman conquers Savannah   

1864  William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51 on December - 21.   

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

1867  On this day in history john Winter Thompson, composer   

1872  Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog) on this day in history.   

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

1879  The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader on this day in history.   

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

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

1889  Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1890  Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" on this day in history.   

1890  Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73   

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

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

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.   

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

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

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

0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

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 December - 21.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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