Famous Deaths In April - 21

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

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.  

1142  On April - 21 death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)  

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on April - 21.  

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

1557  On this day in history 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  Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.  

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79  

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

1780  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 April - 21.  

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

1910  On this day in history mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74  

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

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

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

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

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  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  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer