Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.   

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

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

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

1509  On this day in history henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52   

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

1552  On April - 21 peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50   

1557  On this day in history death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)   

1574  On April - 21 cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54   

1652  Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.   

1696  Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61 on April - 21.   

1699  Death of Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639) on this day in history.   

1701  On April - 21 death of asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)   

1719  Death of Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640) on April - 21.   

1720  Death of Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history death of robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)   

1730  On this day in history jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79   

1736  Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1780  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on April - 21.   

1792  On this day in history death of tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)   

1793  On this day in history death of john Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)   

1815  On April - 21 death of joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)   

1825  Death of Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765) on this day in history.   

1852  Death of Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787) on April - 21.   

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

1871  On April - 21 elisabeth Grube, writer, dies   

1878  Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 on April - 21.   

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on April - 21.   

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

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on April - 21.   

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

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

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

1924  Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64 on April - 21.   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.   

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 April - 21.   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.