Famous Deaths Happened In October - 21
Friday, 07 November 2025
1125 On October - 21 death of cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer 

1204 On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman 

1221 On this day in history death of alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201) 

1266 On October - 21 death of birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) 

1422 On October - 21 charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 

1439 On October - 21 traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 

1500 Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on October - 21. 

1505 Death of Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician on this day in history. 

1558 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74 on this day in history. 

1561 Johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49 on this day in history. 

1600 Death of Toda Katsushige, Japanese warlord (b. 1557) on this day in history. 

1623 On this day in history death of william Wade, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546) 

1627 Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56 on this day in history. 

1629 On October - 21 tumengung Buraksa, Matarams/Javanese general, dies in battle 

1637 On October - 21 laurens Reael, vice-governor of Ambon/poet/admiral, dies at 54 

1650 Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet/writer, dies on October - 21. 

1662 Henry Lawes, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1687 Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies on this day in history. 

1765 On this day in history giovanni Paolo Pannini/Panini, Italian painter/architect, dies at 73 

1773 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1775 On October - 21 death of peyton Randolph, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1721) 

1777 Death of Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720) on this day in history. 

1793 Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 on October - 21. 

1798 On October - 21 johann Christoph Schmugel, composer, dies at 71 

1805 Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar on October - 21. 

1810 Franz Teyber, composer, dies at 52 on October - 21. 

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 On this day in history death of johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (b. 1807) 

1886 Jose Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the MartinFierro), dies on October - 21. 

1896 On this day in history death of james Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844) 

1897 On October - 21 paul Kuczynski, composer, dies at 50 

1904 On October - 21 death of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (b. 1877) 

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