Famous Deaths In May - 21

0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  On May - 21 thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70   

1647  On this day in history pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65   

1650  On this day in history death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged   

1664  Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on this day in history.   

1670  Death of Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) on May - 21.   

1686  Death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602) on May - 21.   

1690  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on May - 21.   

1703  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1719  Death of Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) on May - 21.   

1725  On this day in history robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63   

1742  On this day in history death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)   

1771  On May - 21 death of christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)   

1786  On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43   

1790  Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on May - 21.   

1810  On this day in history charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

1812  Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1815  Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1817  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68   

1860  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1862  Death of John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) on May - 21.   

1879  On May - 21 death of arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)   

1885  On May - 21 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1894  On this day in history august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54   

1895  On this day in history franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 on May - 21.   

1911  Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

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1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer