Historical Events In May - 21

1664  On this day in history elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

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

1674  General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland on this day in history.   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer on this day in history.   

1683  West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname on this day in history.   

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

1690  On May - 21 john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85   

1703  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 21 antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

1725  The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky on May - 21.   

1725  On May - 21 robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63   

1758  On May - 21 mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.   

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano on this day in history.   

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse on this day in history.   

1786  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on May - 21.   

1790  On May - 21 thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies   

1793  On this day in history curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange   

1793  Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange on May - 21.   

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 on May - 21.   

1804  Lewis & Clark Expedition begins on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon   

1809  Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon on this day in history.   

1810  On May - 21 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  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1819  The first bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC on May - 21.   

1819  On this day in history 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC   

1821  On this day in history john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 on this day in history.   

1825  On May - 21 prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia   

1825  On this day in history george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro on this day in history.   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

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

1633  On May - 21 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  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.   

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

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

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

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

1512  On May - 21 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  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

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