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

1305  Death of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271) on June - 21.  

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on June - 21.  

1421  On this day in history death of jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)  

1527  On this day in history niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57  

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

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  

1582  On this day in history 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  Death of Inigo Jones, English architect (b. 1573) on June - 21.  

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

1876  On this day in history antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79  

1884  Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies on June - 21.  

1887  On June - 21 adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67  

1893  On June - 21 death of leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University  

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

1914  Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30 on June - 21.  

1925  On this day in history jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60  

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

1940  Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies  

1945  On this day in history josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53  

1946  On June - 21 heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59  

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 this day in history.  

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1002  On this day in history 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  On June - 21 birth of maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)  

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on June - 21.  

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

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

1640  On this day in history birth of abraham Mignon, still life painter