Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

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

1481  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70   

1647  On May - 21 pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65   

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

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

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

1686  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)   

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

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  Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.   

1817  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1844  On May - 21 guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68   

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

1862  Death of John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) on May - 21.   

1879  Death of Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) on May - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 21.   

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1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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