Famous Deaths In August - 21
Saturday, 18 May 2024
1131 On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
1157 Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.
1190 On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
1245 Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.
1271 Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.
1516 John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1581 On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)
1614 On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)
1627 Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1629 Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on August - 21.
1673 On August - 21 isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51
1689 Death of William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on August - 21.
1723 Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on August - 21.
1762 On this day in history death of lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)
1763 Death of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710) on August - 21.
1772 On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
1785 On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies
1796 On August - 21 death of john McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)
1798 Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 on August - 21.
1812 Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67 on August - 21.
1814 On August - 21 death of benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753)
1824 On this day in history john Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70
1836 On August - 21 death of claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)
1838 On this day in history a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57
1856 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history john Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
1870 On this day in history death of ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821)
1888 On August - 21 simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70
1898 On this day in history nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40
1905 Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1911 W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
1935 On this day in history josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
1940 On this day in history death of leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62
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