Famous Deaths In August - 21

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

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

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.  

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)  

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

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on August - 21.  

1627  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on August - 21.  

1629  On August - 21 camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies  

1673  On this day in history isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51  

1689  On this day in history death of william Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier  

1723  On this day in history dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49  

1762  On this day in history death of lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)  

1763  On this day in history death of charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)  

1772  On August - 21 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29  

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

1796  On this day in history death of john McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)  

1798  Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 on August - 21.  

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

1814  Death of Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753) on this day in history.  

1824  On August - 21 john Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70  

1836  Death of Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785) on August - 21.  

1838  A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 August - 21 death of ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821)  

1888  On August - 21 simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70  

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

1905  On this day in history jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80  

1911  W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80  

1935  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76 on August - 21.  

1940  Death of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on this day in history.  

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)  

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)  

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.  

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  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.  

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

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)