Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

1481  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70   

1647  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged   

1664  Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on this day in history.   

1670  Death of Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) on May - 21.   

1686  On May - 21 death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)   

1690  On this day in history john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85   

1703  On this day in history roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle   

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 this day in history.   

1742  Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) on May - 21.   

1771  Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1786  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

1810  On this day in history charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

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

1815  On this day in history roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73   

1817  On May - 21 johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

1844  On May - 21 guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68   

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

1862  Death of John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) on May - 21.   

1879  On May - 21 death of arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)   

1885  On May - 21 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1894  On this day in history august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54   

1895  Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 on May - 21.   

1897  On May - 21 karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1911  Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on May - 21.   

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1471  On May - 21 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  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

1680  On this day in history birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

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.