Page 2: 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  On this day in history general John Sobieski chosen King of Poland   

1680  On May - 21 frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

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

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse on May - 21.   

1786  On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43   

1790  On May - 21 thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies   

1793  Curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange on May - 21.   

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  Lewis & Clark Expedition begins on May - 21.   

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

1809  Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon on this day in history.   

1810  On May - 21 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 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 this day in history john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

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  On May - 21 george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro on this day in history.   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 21 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 May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

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 May - 21.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

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