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Hymn
1919
Hershy Kay, Philadelphia Penn, composer/arranger, Olympic Hymn
1910
Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
1907
"Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn
1902
Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86
1862
Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"
1861
Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper
1835
Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1826
Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies
1819
Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic
1803
Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S., essayist/philosopher, Concord Hymn
1788
Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies
1778
Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies
1746
William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon
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