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  On April - 21 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 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  On this day in history cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54  

1652  Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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1696  On April - 21 andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61  

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

1701  On this day in history death of asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)  

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

1720  Death of Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646) on this day in history.  

1722  Death of Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673) on this day in history.  

1730  Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1736  Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1792  On this day in history death of tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)  

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

1852  On April - 21 death of ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)  

1868  Death of Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on April - 21.  

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

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

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1899  On April - 21 heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80  

1900  On April - 21 heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55  

1910  Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 on April - 21.  

1918  Death of "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25 on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history 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  On April - 21 birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot  

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  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)  

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

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

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.