Famous Deaths In May - 21

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

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26  

1481  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies  

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  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  On May - 21 pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65  

1650  On May - 21 death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged  

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

1670  Death of Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)  

1690  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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 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  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1790  On May - 21 thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies  

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 May - 21.  

1815  On this day in history roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73  

1817  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on May - 21.  

1844  On May - 21 guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68  

1860  On this day in history johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53  

1862  On this day in history death of john Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)  

1879  On this day in history death of arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)  

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

1894  On May - 21 august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54  

1895  Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1897  Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

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1471  On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker  

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)  

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

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.  

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

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

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.  

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer