Famous Deaths In May - 21
Saturday, 25 March 2023
0987 On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies
1254 Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.
1481 Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.
1512 Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.
1524 On this day in history 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 May - 21.
1607 Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.
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 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 Death of Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) on this day in history.
1686 On May - 21 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 May - 21.
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 May - 21 death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
1771 On this day in history death of christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)
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 Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on May - 21.
1812 On May - 21 joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
1815 On this day in history roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
1817 Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on May - 21.
1844 On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
1860 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1862 Death of John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) on May - 21.
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 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 this day in history.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »