Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.   

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on April - 21.   

1142  On this day in history death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

1329  On this day in history death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)   

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on April - 21.   

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on April - 21.   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on April - 21.   

1574  Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54 on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66   

1696  On this day in history andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61   

1699  Death of Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639) on April - 21.   

1701  Death of Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1719  On this day in history death of philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)   

1720  On April - 21 death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)   

1722  Death of Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673) on this day in history.   

1730  On April - 21 jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79   

1736  On April - 21 frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72   

1780  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1792  Death of Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1793  On April - 21 death of john Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)   

1815  On this day in history death of joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)   

1825  On April - 21 death of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)   

1852  Death of Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

1868  Death of Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on April - 21.   

1871  Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62   

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1899  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 on April - 21.   

1900  On April - 21 heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55   

1910  On April - 21 mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74   

1918  On this day in history death of "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25   

1922  Death of Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64   

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1488  On this day in history birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.   

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on April - 21.   

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer