Page 2: Historical Events In May - 21

1664  On May - 21 elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer on May - 21.   

1674  General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland on May - 21.   

1680  On May - 21 frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1683  West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname on this day in history.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) on this day in history.   

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

1703  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer on May - 21.   

1722  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer on May - 21.   

1725  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 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 21 lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On this day in history elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

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   

1793  On this day in history curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange   

1793  On this day in history curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange   

1796  On this day in history reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1804  On May - 21 lewis & Clark Expedition begins   

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

1809  On this day in history battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon   

1810  Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on May - 21.   

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

1815  Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.   

1817  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on May - 21.   

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

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

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director on May - 21.   

1822  On this day in history dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900   

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  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

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  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.   

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

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

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

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

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

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.