Page 2: Historical Events In May - 21

1664  Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on this day in history.   

1671  On May - 21 azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1674  General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1683  West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname on May - 21.   

1688  On May - 21 alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1690  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer on May - 21.   

1722  On May - 21 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

1725  On this day in history the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.   

1725  Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 on May - 21.   

1758  On this day in history mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.   

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano on May - 21.   

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse on May - 21.   

1786  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1790  Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on this day in history.   

1793  On May - 21 curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange   

1793  Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange on this day in history.   

1796  On May - 21 reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1804  Lewis & Clark Expedition begins on May - 21.   

1809  On May - 21 battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon   

1809  On May - 21 battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon   

1810  Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1812  Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1815  On May - 21 roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73   

1817  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1819  The first bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC on May - 21.   

1819  1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 on May - 21.   

1825  On May - 21 prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia   

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1826  On May - 21 danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

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1471  On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

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

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  On this day in history birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

0987  On May - 21 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  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.