Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

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  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

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

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.   

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

1650  On this day in history death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged   

1664  On this day in history death of elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

1670  Death of Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) on May - 21.   

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

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

1742  Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) on May - 21.   

1771  Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43   

1790  On this day in history 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 May - 21 joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38   

1815  On this day in history 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 May - 21.   

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

1879  Death of Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

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

1895  On this day in history franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

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

1911  On May - 21 death of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)   

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

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