Page 3: Historical Events In July - 21

1861  On July - 21 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

1861  Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history c[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

1864  On July - 21 frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)   

1865  In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history robert Kahn, composer   

1866  Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London on this day in history.   

1867  City Gardens on Folsom opens on this day in history.   

1870  Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 on July - 21.   

1873  On July - 21 jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)   

1877  -27] US army breaks railroad strike on July - 21.   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman on July - 21.   

1880  Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY on this day in history.   

1884  1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's on this day in history.   

1885  On July - 21 frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

1888  On July - 21 matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53   

1891  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1892  On July - 21 anton Schnack, German writer/poet   

1893  Hans Fallada, writer on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history h G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)   

1896  On July - 21 national Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's   

1897  On July - 21 tate Gallery opens in England   

1898  Spain cedes Guam to US on July - 21.   

1898  On this day in history ernest Willem Mulder, composer   

1899  The birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner on this day in history.   

1899  On July - 21 ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)   

1900  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite   

1901  On July - 21 allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society)   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH   

1904  On this day in history after 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed   

1905  Diana Trilling, writer on July - 21.   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  Ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood) on this day in history.   

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0810  Imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870) was born on this day in history.   

1515  St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest was born on this day in history.   

1620  Jean Picard, French astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1664  On July - 21 birth of matthew Prior, English poet   

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on July - 21.   

1693  Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance was born on July - 21.   

1706  On July - 21 birth of pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)   

1710  On this day in history birth of paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)   

1160  Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies on this day in history.   

1425  Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies on July - 21.   

1540  John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies on July - 21.   

1544  Death of René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle on July - 21.   

1683  On July - 21 death of lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded   

1688  Death of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610) on July - 21.   

1717  Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies on this day in history.   

1782  Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 on July - 21.