Famous Deaths In May - 21

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

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 May - 21.   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

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   

1647  On this day in history pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65   

1650  On May - 21 death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged   

1664  On this day in history death of elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

1670  Death of Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) on May - 21.   

1686  On this day in history death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)   

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   

1719  Death of Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) on May - 21.   

1725  Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 on May - 21.   

1742  On this day in history death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)   

1771  Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1844  Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53   

1862  On this day in history death of john Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)   

1879  On this day in history death of arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)   

1885  Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.   

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on May - 21.   

1895  On this day in history franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  On this day in history karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1911  On this day in history death of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)   

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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  On May - 21 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer