Famous Deaths In April - 21

1073  On April - 21 alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies  

1109  On this day in history anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on this day in history.  

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on this day in history.  

1509  On April - 21 henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52  

1551  On this day in history death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)  

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54  

1652  Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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1696  Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1699  Death of Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639) on this day in history.  

1701  Death of Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

1719  Death of Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640) on April - 21.  

1720  Death of Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646) on April - 21.  

1722  Death of Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673) on this day in history.  

1730  Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 on April - 21.  

1736  Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1780  On this day in history ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60  

1792  On April - 21 death of tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)  

1793  Death of John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724) on this day in history.  

1815  Death of Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746) on this day in history.  

1825  Death of Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765) on April - 21.  

1852  Death of Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1868  Death of Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on April - 21.  

1871  On April - 21 elisabeth Grube, writer, dies  

1878  On this day in history temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on April - 21.  

1899  On April - 21 heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80  

1900  On this day in history heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55  

1910  On April - 21 mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74  

1918  On April - 21 death of "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25  

1922  Death of Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858) on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64  

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.  

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.  

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.  

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer