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 this day in history 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 May - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 May - 21 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  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on May - 21.  

1719  Death of Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) on this day in history.  

1725  On May - 21 robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63  

1742  On May - 21 death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)  

1771  On this day in history death of christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)  

1786  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on May - 21.  

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

1810  Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on May - 21.  

1812  On May - 21 joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38  

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

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

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on May - 21.  

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

1897  On this day in history karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77  

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

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1471  On May - 21 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  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  On this day in history birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer  

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

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer