Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21

0556  On February - 21 maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies   

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

1471  On February - 21 death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on February - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1668  On February - 21 death of john Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616)   

1677  On February - 21 [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  On February - 21 isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies   

1711  On this day in history joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57   

1715  Death of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637) on this day in history.   

1730  On February - 21 benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81   

1788  On this day in history death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)   

1790  On February - 21 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64   

1803  On February - 21 death of edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England   

1821  On this day in history death of georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. 1756)   

1824  On February - 21 death of eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (b. 1781)   

1842  On this day in history wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85   

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  Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on February - 21.   

1872  On this day in history pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82   

1876  Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 on February - 21.   

1879  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1884  On February - 21 john Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71   

1894  Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1919  On this day in history giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77   

1920  Death of Jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

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

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1417  On this day in history birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

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

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On February - 21 birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

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

1705  On February - 21 birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)