Famous Deaths In May - 21
Monday, 18 March 2024
0987 On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies
1254 On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26
1481 On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1512 On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
1524 Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.
1542 On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R
1607 Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.
1639 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.
1647 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65 on May - 21.
1650 On this day in history death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
1664 Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on May - 21.
1670 Death of Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) on this day in history.
1686 Death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602) on May - 21.
1690 John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1703 Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on May - 21.
1719 On this day in history death of pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)
1725 On May - 21 robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
1742 On this day in history death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
1771 Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on this day in history.
1786 On May - 21 carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
1790 On May - 21 thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies
1810 Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
1815 Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.
1817 Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on May - 21.
1844 On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
1860 On this day in history johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53
1862 On this day in history death of john Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)
1879 On this day in history death of arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
1885 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.
1894 On this day in history august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
1895 On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
1897 On May - 21 karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
1911 Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on May - 21.
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