Famous Deaths In February - 21
Sunday, 24 September 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 On this day in history death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop
1513 On February - 21 julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69
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 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 Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71 on February - 21.
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 February - 21 pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75
1689 On this day in history 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 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 Death of Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64
1803 Death of Edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England on this day in history.
1821 On February - 21 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 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 this day in history.
1864 On this day in history jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1872 On this day in history pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
1876 On this day in history henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70
1879 On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69
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 On this day in history giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77
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 this day in history.
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