Famous Deaths In February - 21

0556  On February - 21 maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies  

1437  On February - 21 death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)  

1471  On February - 21 death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop  

1513  On this day in history 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  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  Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1668  Death of John Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616) on this day in history.  

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1677  [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44 on February - 21.  

1684  Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75 on February - 21.  

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

1711  On February - 21 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  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  Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64 on February - 21.  

1803  Death of Edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England on February - 21.  

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 February - 21 wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85  

1846  On February - 21 death of emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800)  

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 this day in history pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82  

1876  Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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 February - 21.  

1894  On February - 21 gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45  

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

1919  On February - 21 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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1417  On this day in history birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)  

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.  

1556  On February - 21 birth of sethus Calvisius, composer  

1674  On this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer  

1675  On February - 21 birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)  

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on February - 21.  

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on February - 21.