Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21

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 this day in history death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

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

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

1595  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1653  On February - 21 adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71   

1668  On this day in history death of john Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616)   

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

1684  On February - 21 pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75   

1689  Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies on this day in history.   

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  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  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  On February - 21 wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85   

1846  Death of Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800) on this day in history.   

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

1864  Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1872  On February - 21 pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82   

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 this day in history.   

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

1894  Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 on February - 21.   

1901  Death of George Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

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

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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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on February - 21.   

1484  On February - 21 birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on February - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.