Famous Deaths In April - 21

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

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on April - 21.  

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

1329  On this day in history death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)  

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

1552  On this day in history peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50  

1557  On this day in history death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)  

1574  Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54 on this day in history.  

1652  Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.  

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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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)  

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 this day in history elisabeth Grube, writer, dies  

1878  Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78  

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

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on April - 21.  

1910  Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 on April - 21.  

1918  Death of "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25 on this day in history.  

1922  Death of Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858) on April - 21.  

1924  On April - 21 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 April - 21.  

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  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on April - 21.  

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

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on April - 21.  

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