Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on April - 21.   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on April - 21.   

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   

1696  On this day in history andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61   

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

1701  On this day in history 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  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 April - 21.   

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 April - 21.   

1815  Death of Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746) on April - 21.   

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

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  On April - 21 elisabeth Grube, writer, dies   

1878  On April - 21 temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62   

1898  On this day in history louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78   

1899  On this day in history heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80   

1900  On this day in history heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55   

1910  Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1922  Death of Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858) on April - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.   

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 April - 21.   

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.