Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

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

1481  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

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

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On May - 21 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  On May - 21 death of elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

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

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

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

1703  On May - 21 roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle   

1719  On this day in history death of pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)   

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  Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on May - 21.   

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

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

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

1817  On May - 21 johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

1844  Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1860  On May - 21 johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53   

1862  On May - 21 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  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  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  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

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

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.