Famous Deaths In April - 21

1073  On this day in history alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies  

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.  

1142  On this day in history death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)  

1329  On April - 21 death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)  

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  On April - 21 pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66  

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

1699  On this day in history death of jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)  

1701  On this day in history death of asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)  

1719  On this day in history death of philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)  

1720  On this day in history death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)  

1722  Death of Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673) on April - 21.  

1730  On this day in history jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79  

1736  Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72 on April - 21.  

1780  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on April - 21.  

1792  Death of Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746) on April - 21.  

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 April - 21.  

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

1852  On April - 21 death of ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)  

1868  On April - 21 death of henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh  

1871  On this day in history elisabeth Grube, writer, dies  

1878  On April - 21 temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80  

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1910  Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 21 birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot  

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

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  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on this day in history.  

1652  On this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)  

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer