Famous Deaths In February - 21

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on this day in history.  

1437  On February - 21 death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)  

1471  Death of John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop on this day in history.  

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on February - 21.  

1554  Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on February - 21.  

1595  On February - 21 death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged  

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on this day in history.  

1648  Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on February - 21.  

1653  Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71 on February - 21.  

1668  Death of John Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616) on this day in history.  

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1677  On this day in history [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44  

1684  Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

1689  Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies on February - 21.  

1711  Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57 on February - 21.  

1715  On February - 21 death of charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637)  

1730  Benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1788  Death of Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) on February - 21.  

1790  On this day in history johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64  

1803  On this day in history death of edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England  

1821  Death of Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. 1756) on February - 21.  

1824  Death of Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (b. 1781) on this day in history.  

1842  Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 on February - 21.  

1846  On this day in history death of emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800)  

1862  On this day in history justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75  

1864  On February - 21 jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

1872  Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on February - 21.  

1876  Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1879  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on February - 21.  

1884  On this day in history john Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71  

1894  On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45  

1901  Death of George Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. 1851) on February - 21.  

1919  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1920  On February - 21 death of jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)  

1924  On February - 21 salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78  

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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)  

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.  

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer  

1674  On this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer  

1675  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)  

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on February - 21.  

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1705  On this day in history birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)