Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

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

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

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  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  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65   

1650  Death of James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged on this day in history.   

1664  Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on May - 21.   

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

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

1690  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on May - 21.   

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

1719  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

1812  Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38 on May - 21.   

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  On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68   

1860  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 on May - 21.   

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  Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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 May - 21.   

1911  Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on May - 21.   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

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  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer