Famous Deaths In February - 21
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0556 Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on February - 21.
1437 On this day in history death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)
1471 On February - 21 death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop
1513 On February - 21 julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69
1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on February - 21.
1595 Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on February - 21.
1624 On February - 21 dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28
1648 Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on February - 21.
1653 Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1668 Death of John Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616) on February - 21.
1677 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44 on February - 21.
1684 Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75 on February - 21.
1689 Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies on this day in history.
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 On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
1788 On February - 21 death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)
1790 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64 on February - 21.
1803 Death of Edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history death of georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. 1756)
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 this day in history.
1846 Death of Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800) on this day in history.
1862 Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75 on February - 21.
1864 On this day in history jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1872 Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1876 Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1879 On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69
1884 John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1894 On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45
1901 On February - 21 death of george Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. 1851)
1919 On this day in history giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77
1920 On this day in history death of jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)
1924 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78 on February - 21.
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