Famous Deaths Happened In June - 21
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on this day in history. 

1205 Death of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107) on June - 21. 

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 On this day in history edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies 

1421 On June - 21 death of jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366) 

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

1529 On June - 21 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 this day in history antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle 

1582 On June - 21 death of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534) 

1591 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies on June - 21. 

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

1652 On this day in history 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 June - 21 death of frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824) 

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

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 Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1913 Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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 June - 21. 

1945 Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53 on June - 21. 

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

1951 On this day in history death of charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867) 

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

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