Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

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

1109  On April - 21 anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1142  On April - 21 death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

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

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  On this day in history peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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  On this day in history death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)   

1722  On April - 21 death of robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)   

1730  Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 on April - 21.   

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

1793  Death of John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724) on April - 21.   

1815  Death of Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1825  Death of Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765) on April - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1871  Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies on April - 21.   

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

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

1899  On April - 21 heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80   

1900  On this day in history heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55   

1910  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)   

1924  On April - 21 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  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on this day in history.   

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

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.