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

1208  Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on June - 21.  

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

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1547  On this day in history death of sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)  

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

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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 June - 21.  

1621  On this day in history death of kryÅ¡tof Harant, Polish soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1874  On this day in history death of anders Jonas Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814)  

1876  On this day in history 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  Death of Leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University on June - 21.  

1900  Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1908  Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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  On June - 21 jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60  

1934  Death of [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) on this day in history.  

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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1002  On June - 21 birth of leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)  

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  Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov was born on June - 21.  

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

1640  On June - 21 birth of abraham Mignon, still life painter