Famous Deaths In May - 21

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  On this day in history 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 this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.   

1647  On this day in history 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  Death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602) on this day in history.   

1690  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1703  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on May - 21.   

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

1725  Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 on May - 21.   

1742  Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 21 charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

1812  Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1815  On May - 21 roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73   

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  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 on May - 21.   

1862  On this day in history death of john Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)   

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

1885  On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on May - 21.   

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

1897  Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 on May - 21.   

1911  On May - 21 death of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)   

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1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.   

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.