Historical Events In May - 21

1664  On this day in history elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

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

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

1680  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

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

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

1690  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on May - 21.   

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

1720  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1809  Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon on May - 21.   

1810  On this day in history charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

1812  On this day in history joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38   

1815  On this day in history roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73   

1817  On this day in history johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

1819  On this day in history 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  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  Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia on May - 21.   

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

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro on May - 21.   

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

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

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

1653  On this day in history 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  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1481  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

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

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  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70