Page 3: Historical Events In July - 21

1861  On this day in history 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

1861  Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 on July - 21.   

1863  C[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) on July - 21.   

1864  On this day in history frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)   

1865  On July - 21 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.   

1865  Robert Kahn, composer on July - 21.   

1866  On July - 21 cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London   

1867  City Gardens on Folsom opens on July - 21.   

1870  On July - 21 josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42   

1873  Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1885  On this day in history 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 July - 21.   

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

1893  On July - 21 hans Fallada, writer   

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

1896  On this day in history national Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's   

1897  Tate Gallery opens in England on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history spain cedes Guam to US   

1898  Ernest Willem Mulder, composer on July - 21.   

1899  The birth of Ernest Hemmingway, US novelist and Nobel prize winner on July - 21.   

1899  On this day in history ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)   

1900  Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite on July - 21.   

1901  Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) on this day in history.   

1903  Theodore Karyotakis, composer on this day in history.   

1904  On July - 21 camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH   

1904  On July - 21 after 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed   

1905  On this day in history diana Trilling, writer   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  On this day in history ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood)   

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

1515  On July - 21 birth of st Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest   

1620  On July - 21 birth of jean Picard, French astronomer   

1664  Matthew Prior, English poet was born on July - 21.   

1676  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) was born on this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history birth of thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance   

1706  Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) was born on this day in history.   

1710  Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792) was born on July - 21.   

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

1425  On this day in history manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies   

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  Death of Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded on July - 21.   

1688  On this day in history death of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)   

1717  On July - 21 niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies   

1782  Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.