Famous Deaths Happened In October - 21
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
1125 On this day in history death of cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer
1204 Death of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman on October - 21.
1221 On October - 21 death of alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)
1266 Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on this day in history.
1422 On October - 21 charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54
1439 Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1500 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)
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 October - 21.
1600 On this day in history death of toda Katsushige, Japanese warlord (b. 1557)
1623 On October - 21 death of william Wade, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546)
1627 Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56 on October - 21.
1629 Tumengung Buraksa, Matarams/Javanese general, dies in battle on this day in history.
1637 Laurens Reael, vice-governor of Ambon/poet/admiral, dies at 54 on October - 21.
1650 Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet/writer, dies on October - 21.
1662 Henry Lawes, composer, dies at 66 on October - 21.
1687 Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies on this day in history.
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 On October - 21 death of samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720)
1793 Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 on October - 21.
1798 On this day in history johann Christoph Schmugel, composer, dies at 71
1805 Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar on this day in history.
1810 On October - 21 franz Teyber, composer, dies at 52
1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, US attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.
1863 On October - 21 lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55
1872 On this day in history 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 this day in history jose Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the MartinFierro), dies
1896 On this day in history death of james Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)
1897 Paul Kuczynski, composer, dies at 50 on October - 21.
1904 On this day in history death of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (b. 1877)
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