Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on February - 21.   

1437  On February - 21 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 this day in history.   

1554  On February - 21 hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

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

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on February - 21.   

1648  On February - 21 christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies   

1653  On this day in history adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71   

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

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

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

1689  On February - 21 isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies   

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

1790  Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1821  Death of Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. 1756) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history death of eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (b. 1781)   

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

1876  On February - 21 henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70   

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

1901  On this day in history death of george Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. 1851)   

1919  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77 on February - 21.   

1920  Death of Jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910) on February - 21.   

1924  On this day in history salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78   

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

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on this day in history.   

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

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on February - 21.   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on February - 21.   

1684  On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  On February - 21 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

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