Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21
Saturday, 19 April 2025
0556 On February - 21 maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies
1437 On this day in history death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)
1471 On February - 21 death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop
1513 On February - 21 julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69
1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1653 On February - 21 adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71
1668 On this day in history death of john Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616)
1677 On February - 21 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44
1684 Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75 on this day in history.
1689 Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies on February - 21.
1711 Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57 on February - 21.
1715 Death of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637) on February - 21.
1730 Benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81 on February - 21.
1788 Death of Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) on February - 21.
1790 On this day in history johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64
1803 On February - 21 death of edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England
1821 On this day in history death of georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. 1756)
1824 On this day in history 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 February - 21 death of emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800)
1862 On February - 21 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 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 February - 21.
1884 On February - 21 john Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71
1894 Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 on February - 21.
1901 On February - 21 death of george Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. 1851)
1919 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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 February - 21.
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