Famous Deaths In April - 21

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.   

1109  On April - 21 anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1142  On this day in history death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

1509  On this day in history henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52   

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)   

1574  On this day in history cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54   

1652  On April - 21 pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66   

1696  On this day in history andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61   

1699  Death of Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639) on April - 21.   

1701  On April - 21 death of asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)   

1719  On this day in history death of philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)   

1720  On April - 21 death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)   

1722  Death of Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673) on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79   

1736  Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72 on April - 21.   

1780  On April - 21 ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60   

1792  Death of Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746) on April - 21.   

1793  Death of John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724) on April - 21.   

1815  Death of Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1825  On April - 21 death of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)   

1852  Death of Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787) on April - 21.   

1868  Death of Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on this day in history.   

1871  On April - 21 elisabeth Grube, writer, dies   

1878  On this day in history temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62   

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on April - 21.   

1899  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 on April - 21.   

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1910  Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1918  Death of "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25 on April - 21.   

1922  On this day in history death of alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)   

1924  Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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1488  On April - 21 birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.   

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.