Famous Deaths In May - 21

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies  

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.  

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.  

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

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.  

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70  

1647  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65 on May - 21.  

1650  Death of James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged on May - 21.  

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1664  Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on May - 21.  

1670  On May - 21 death of niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)  

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  On this day in history roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle  

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

1725  On May - 21 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  On May - 21 thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies  

1810  Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38  

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 May - 21 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  Death of Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) on this day in history.  

1885  Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1895  On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76  

1897  On May - 21 karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77  

1911  Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on May - 21.  

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

1527  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)  

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer  

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.  

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)  

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.