Famous Deaths In May - 21

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1481  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

1524  On May - 21 thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70   

1647  On May - 21 pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65   

1650  Death of James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged on May - 21.   

1664  Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on May - 21.   

1670  On this day in history death of niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)   

1686  On May - 21 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  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1725  On this day in history robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63   

1742  On May - 21 death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)   

1771  Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on May - 21.   

1786  On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43   

1790  Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on May - 21.   

1810  Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on May - 21.   

1812  On May - 21 joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38   

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

1817  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1860  On May - 21 johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53   

1862  Death of John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) on May - 21.   

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

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1895  On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

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

1911  Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1653  On May - 21 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  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.