Famous Deaths In April - 21

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

1109  On April - 21 anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1142  On April - 21 death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

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

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on April - 21.   

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  On this day in history death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)   

1574  On April - 21 cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54   

1652  On April - 21 pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66   

1696  On April - 21 andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61   

1699  On April - 21 death of jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)   

1701  On April - 21 death of asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)   

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

1720  On April - 21 death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)   

1722  On April - 21 death of robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)   

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 this day in history.   

1780  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1792  Death of Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1793  On April - 21 death of john Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)   

1815  On this day in history death of joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)   

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

1852  Death of Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787) on April - 21.   

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

1871  On April - 21 elisabeth Grube, writer, dies   

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

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

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

1900  On April - 21 heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55   

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

1918  On this day in history 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 April - 21.   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

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

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

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