Page 2: Historical Events In May - 21

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

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

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

1680  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

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

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  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on May - 21.   

1720  On May - 21 antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 21.   

1793  On May - 21 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  Battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon on this day in history.   

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

1810  On May - 21 charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 May - 21.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 21.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

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

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