Famous Deaths In February - 21
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
0556 On this day in history maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies
1437 On this day in history death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)
1471 Death of John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop on this day in history.
1513 On this day in history julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69
1554 On February - 21 hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies
1595 Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on this day in history.
1624 On February - 21 dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28
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 February - 21 death of john Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616)
1677 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1684 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 Death of Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) on February - 21.
1790 On February - 21 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64
1803 On this day in history death of edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England
1821 Death of Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. 1756) on February - 21.
1824 On February - 21 death of eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (b. 1781)
1842 On February - 21 wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
1846 Death of Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800) on February - 21.
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 February - 21.
1872 Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.
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 February - 21.
1884 On this day in history john Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71
1894 Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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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