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  On May - 21 general John Sobieski chosen King of Poland   

1680  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1683  On May - 21 west Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname   

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

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 this day in history.   

1722  On May - 21 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

1725  On May - 21 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  On this day in history robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63   

1758  Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War on May - 21.   

1775  On May - 21 lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On May - 21 elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

1786  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on May - 21.   

1790  Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on May - 21.   

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

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

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 on May - 21.   

1804  On May - 21 lewis & Clark Expedition begins   

1809  On this day in history 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 May - 21.   

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

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

1817  On May - 21 johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

1819  On May - 21 the first bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC   

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 May - 21 dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900   

1825  Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia on this day in history.   

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on May - 21.   

1826  On this day in history danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.   

0987  On May - 21 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 this day in history.   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70