Page 2: Historical Events In May - 21

1664  Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on May - 21.   

1671  On this day in history azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1674  On May - 21 general John Sobieski chosen King of Poland   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer on May - 21.   

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

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) on May - 21.   

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

1703  On May - 21 roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle   

1720  On May - 21 antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  On May - 21 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 this day in history 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  On May - 21 lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On this day in history elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

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.   

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

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

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

1804  On this day in history lewis & Clark Expedition begins   

1809  On May - 21 battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon   

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

1810  On May - 21 charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

1812  On this day in history joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38   

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

1817  On this day in history johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

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

1819  On May - 21 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 May - 21.   

1825  On this day in history prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia   

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

1826  On May - 21 danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on 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  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

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

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

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