Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

0987  On May - 21 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  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

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  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

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

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

1690  On May - 21 john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85   

1703  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on May - 21.   

1719  On May - 21 death of pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)   

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

1742  Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) on this day in history.   

1771  Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on May - 21.   

1786  On May - 21 carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43   

1790  Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 21 roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73   

1817  On this day in history johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

1844  Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 on May - 21.   

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

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  On May - 21 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 this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history death of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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