Famous Deaths Happened 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  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

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 August - 21.   

1629  On this day in history camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1689  Death of William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on August - 21.   

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

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

1763  On August - 21 death of charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)   

1772  On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

1785  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies on August - 21.   

1796  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67   

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

1824  On this day in history john Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70   

1836  On August - 21 death of claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)   

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

1856  On this day in history peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64   

1864  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70   

1898  On August - 21 nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40   

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  On August - 21 frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80   

1935  On this day in history josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76   

1940  On August - 21 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 August - 21.   

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.