Famous Deaths In June - 21

0524  On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28  

1205  On this day in history death of enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)  

1208  On this day in history philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies  

1305  On this day in history death of king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271)  

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.  

1421  Death of Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366) on June - 21.  

1527  On June - 21 niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57  

1529  On this day in history john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69  

1547  Death of Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485) on this day in history.  

1573  On June - 21 antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle  

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1582  On this day in history death of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534)  

1591  On June - 21 aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies  

1621  Death of Kryštof Harant, Polish soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564) on June - 21.  

1652  On June - 21 death of inigo Jones, English architect (b. 1573)  

1738  Death of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674) on this day in history.  

1824  Death of Étienne Aignan, French writer (b. 1773) on June - 21.  

1865  On this day in history death of frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824)  

1874  On June - 21 death of anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814)  

1876  Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 on June - 21.  

1884  On this day in history alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies  

1887  On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67  

1893  Death of Leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University on June - 21.  

1900  On this day in history polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69  

1908  Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 on June - 21.  

1913  On this day in history stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37  

1914  On this day in history glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30  

1925  Jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 on June - 21.  

1934  On June - 21 death of [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout)  

1940  Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on June - 21.  

1944  Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies on June - 21.  

1945  Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1946  Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1951  On June - 21 death of charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)  

1954  On this day in history death of gideon Sundback, American inventor, perfected the zipper (b. 1880)  

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1002  Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) was born on this day in history.  

1002  On this day in history birth of pope Leo IX (d. 1054)  

1226  On this day in history birth of king Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)  

1528  On June - 21 birth of maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)  

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on this day in history.  

1596  Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov was born on this day in history.  

1639  Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

1640  Abraham Mignon, still life painter was born on June - 21.