Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on April - 21.   

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

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on April - 21.   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on April - 21.   

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

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

1652  On this day in history pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66   

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

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

1730  On April - 21 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1868  On this day in history death of henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh   

1871  Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1898  On April - 21 louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1922  On April - 21 death of alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)   

1924  Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64 on April - 21.   

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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  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 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 this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer