Famous Deaths 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 April - 21.  

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  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on April - 21.  

1557  On this day in history death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)  

1574  On April - 21 cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54  

1652  Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673) on April - 21.  

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

1736  Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1780  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on April - 21.  

1792  On April - 21 death of tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)  

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 this day in history death of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)  

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  On this day in history elisabeth Grube, writer, dies  

1878  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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  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 April - 21.  

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  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on April - 21.  

1652  On this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)  

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

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