Famous Deaths In August - 21

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.  

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)  

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies  

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.  

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78  

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)  

1627  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.  

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1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on August - 21.  

1689  Death of William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on this day in history.  

1723  Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on August - 21.  

1762  Death of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689) on August - 21.  

1763  Death of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710) on August - 21.  

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on August - 21.  

1785  On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies  

1796  Death of John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721) on this day in history.  

1798  Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1812  Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67 on August - 21.  

1814  On this day in history death of benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753)  

1824  John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history death of claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)  

1838  On this day in history a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57  

1856  On August - 21 peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64  

1864  On this day in history john Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24  

1870  On this day in history death of ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821)  

1888  Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1898  Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40 on August - 21.  

1905  On August - 21 jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80  

1911  W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies on August - 21.  

1932  Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80 on August - 21.  

1935  On August - 21 josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76  

1940  On this day in history death of leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62  

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.  

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.  

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint  

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.  

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)  

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.  

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)