Famous Deaths In February - 21
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
0556 Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on February - 21.
1437 Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1595 Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on February - 21.
1624 Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on February - 21.
1648 On this day in history 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 Death of John Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616) on February - 21.
1677 On February - 21 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44
1684 Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75 on February - 21.
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 this day in history.
1715 Death of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637) on February - 21.
1730 On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
1788 Death of Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) on this day in history.
1790 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64 on February - 21.
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 Death of Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (b. 1781) on February - 21.
1842 On this day in history wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
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 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 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 John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1894 On February - 21 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 February - 21.
1920 On February - 21 death of jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)
1924 On this day in history salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78
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