Famous Deaths In April - 21

1073  On this day in history 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  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1652  On this day in history pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66  

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

1699  On April - 21 death of jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)  

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

1719  Death of Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640) on April - 21.  

1720  Death of Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646) on April - 21.  

1722  On this day in history death of robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)  

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

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

1793  On April - 21 death of john Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)  

1815  On April - 21 death of joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)  

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

1852  Death of Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1868  Death of Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on this day in history.  

1871  Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies on April - 21.  

1878  Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1898  On April - 21 louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78  

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 April - 21.  

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

1922  On this day in history death of alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)  

1924  Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.  

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

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

1652  On this day in history 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 April - 21.