Famous Deaths In May - 21
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
0987 Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.
1254 Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.
1481 On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1512 Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.
1524 On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80
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 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 On May - 21 death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
1664 Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on May - 21.
1670 On May - 21 death of niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
1686 On May - 21 death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
1690 On this day in history john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
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 Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 on May - 21.
1742 Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) on May - 21.
1771 On May - 21 death of christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)
1786 On May - 21 carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
1790 On May - 21 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 this day in history joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
1815 On May - 21 roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
1817 Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on May - 21.
1844 Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 on May - 21.
1860 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 on May - 21.
1862 Death of John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) on this day in history.
1879 Death of Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) on May - 21.
1885 On May - 21 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
1894 On this day in history august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
1895 On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
1897 Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 on May - 21.
1911 Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on May - 21.
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