Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1073 On April - 21 alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
1109 Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on April - 21.
1142 On April - 21 death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)
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 this day in history.
1551 On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
1552 On April - 21 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 this day in history.
1696 Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1699 On April - 21 death of jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)
1701 On April - 21 death of asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)
1719 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1736 On April - 21 frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
1780 On April - 21 ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
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 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 this day in history 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 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 on April - 21.
1898 Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on April - 21.
1899 On this day in history heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
1900 On April - 21 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 Death of Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858) on this day in history.
1924 Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64 on April - 21.
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