Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.   

1109  On this day in history anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

1329  On this day in history death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)   

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on April - 21.   

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

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

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on this day in history.   

1574  Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54 on this day in history.   

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

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

1699  Death of Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639) on this day in history.   

1701  Death of Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

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 April - 21.   

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  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1792  Death of Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746) on April - 21.   

1793  Death of John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724) on this day in history.   

1815  Death of Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1825  On April - 21 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 April - 21.   

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 April - 21.   

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  Death of "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25 on April - 21.   

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

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.   

1619  On this day in history birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

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  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on April - 21.   

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