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  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 this day in history.  

1557  On April - 21 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 this day in history pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66  

1696  Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61 on April - 21.  

1699  On this day in history death of jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)  

1701  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 April - 21.  

1780  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on April - 21.  

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

1793  On this day in history 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  On April - 21 death of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)  

1852  On this day in history death of ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)  

1868  On April - 21 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 April - 21 temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

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

1899  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1910  Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1918  On April - 21 death of "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25  

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

1924  On this day in history eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64  

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1488  On this day in history birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot  

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

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.  

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on this day in history.  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.  

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

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