Page 2: Historical Events In May - 21

1664  On this day in history elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

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

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

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer on May - 21.   

1683  On this day in history west Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname   

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

1690  On May - 21 john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85   

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

1720  On May - 21 antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  On this day in history 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  On this day in history robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63   

1758  On May - 21 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  Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on May - 21.   

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

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

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

1804  Lewis & Clark Expedition begins on this day in history.   

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

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

1815  Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1817  On May - 21 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 May - 21 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC   

1821  On May - 21 john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 on this day in history.   

1825  Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia on May - 21.   

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

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

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

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