Page 3: Historical Events In July - 21

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

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

1863  On July - 21 c[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

1864  Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97) on July - 21.   

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 July - 21.   

1865  Robert Kahn, composer on July - 21.   

1866  On this day in history cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London   

1867  On July - 21 city Gardens on Folsom opens   

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 July - 21.   

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

1880  On this day in history 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  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 July - 21.   

1892  Anton Schnack, German writer/poet on July - 21.   

1893  Hans Fallada, writer on July - 21.   

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 this day in history tate Gallery opens in England   

1898  On July - 21 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 this day in history.   

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

1900  On July - 21 pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite   

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

1903  On this day in history theodore Karyotakis, composer   

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  On this day in history diana Trilling, writer   

1906  On July - 21 daniel Ayala Perez, composer   

1907  On July - 21 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  On this day in history 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  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 July - 21 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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