Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1557  On April - 21 death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)  

1574  Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54 on April - 21.  

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

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1696  On this day in history andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61  

1699  Death of Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639) on April - 21.  

1701  Death of Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667) on April - 21.  

1719  On April - 21 death of philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)  

1720  On April - 21 death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)  

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

1730  Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 on April - 21.  

1736  On this day in history frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72  

1780  On April - 21 ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60  

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 April - 21.  

1825  Death of Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765) on April - 21.  

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

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

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

1910  On April - 21 mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74  

1918  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 21 birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)  

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.