Famous Deaths In August - 21

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.   

1627  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on August - 21.   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on August - 21.   

1689  On this day in history death of william Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier   

1723  On this day in history dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49   

1762  Death of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689) on August - 21.   

1763  Death of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on August - 21.   

1785  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies on August - 21.   

1796  Death of John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

1798  Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1812  Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1814  Death of Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753) on August - 21.   

1824  John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 on August - 21.   

1836  Death of Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785) on August - 21.   

1838  A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64   

1864  John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history death of ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821)   

1888  On August - 21 simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70   

1898  Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40 on August - 21.   

1905  On August - 21 jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80   

1911  On this day in history w R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies   

1932  On August - 21 frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80   

1935  On this day in history josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76   

1940  Death of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on August - 21.   

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1165  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)