Famous Deaths In August - 21

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69   

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1689  On August - 21 death of william Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier   

1723  On this day in history dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49   

1762  Death of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689) on August - 21.   

1763  On this day in history death of charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)   

1772  On August - 21 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

1785  On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies   

1796  On this day in history death of john McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)   

1798  On this day in history corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62   

1812  On August - 21 silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67   

1814  On this day in history death of benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753)   

1824  On this day in history john Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70   

1836  On this day in history death of claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)   

1838  A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1856  On August - 21 peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64   

1864  John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24 on August - 21.   

1870  On August - 21 death of ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821)   

1888  On this day in history simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70   

1898  Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40 on August - 21.   

1905  On this day in history jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80   

1911  W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies on this day in history.   

1932  On August - 21 frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80   

1935  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76 on August - 21.   

1940  Death of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on this day in history.   

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.