Famous Deaths Happened In October - 21
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
1125 Death of Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer on this day in history.
1204 Death of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman on October - 21.
1221 Death of Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201) on October - 21.
1266 On October - 21 death of birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)
1422 On this day in history charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54
1439 Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 on October - 21.
1500 Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on this day in history.
1505 On October - 21 death of paul Scriptoris, German mathematician
1558 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74 on October - 21.
1561 On October - 21 johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49
1600 On October - 21 death of toda Katsushige, Japanese warlord (b. 1557)
1623 On this day in history death of william Wade, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546)
1627 On this day in history frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56
1629 Tumengung Buraksa, Matarams/Javanese general, dies in battle on this day in history.
1637 On this day in history laurens Reael, vice-governor of Ambon/poet/admiral, dies at 54
1650 Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet/writer, dies on this day in history.
1662 Henry Lawes, composer, dies at 66 on October - 21.
1687 On this day in history edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies
1765 Giovanni Paolo Pannini/Panini, Italian painter/architect, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1773 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1775 Death of Peyton Randolph, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1721) on October - 21.
1777 Death of Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720) on October - 21.
1793 On October - 21 johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66
1798 Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1805 On this day in history horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar
1810 On this day in history franz Teyber, composer, dies at 52
1861 On this day in history edward Dickinson Baker, US attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50
1863 Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55 on October - 21.
1872 On October - 21 jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78
1873 Death of Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (b. 1807) on this day in history.
1886 On October - 21 jose Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the MartinFierro), dies
1896 Death of James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844) on October - 21.
1897 Paul Kuczynski, composer, dies at 50 on October - 21.
1904 Death of Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (b. 1877) on this day in history.
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