Famous Deaths In June - 21

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

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 June - 21.  

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

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on June - 21.  

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on June - 21.  

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

1573  Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1582  Death of Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534) on this day in history.  

1591  Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)  

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

1865  Death of Frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824) on June - 21.  

1874  Death of Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814) on this day in history.  

1876  On June - 21 antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79  

1884  Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies on this day in history.  

1887  Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1893  On this day in history death of leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University  

1900  Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69 on June - 21.  

1908  On this day in history nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64  

1913  On June - 21 stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37  

1914  On June - 21 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  On this day in history edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies  

1944  Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies on this day in history.  

1945  On June - 21 josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53  

1946  Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59 on June - 21.  

1951  Death of Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867) on this day in history.  

1954  Death of Gideon Sundback, American inventor, perfected the zipper (b. 1880) on June - 21.  

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

1002  On June - 21 birth of pope Leo IX (d. 1054)  

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

1528  Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) was born on this day in history.  

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

1596  On this day in history birth of michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov  

1639  On June - 21 birth of increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)  

1640  Abraham Mignon, still life painter was born on this day in history.