Famous Deaths In June - 21

0524  On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28   

1205  Death of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107) on this day in history.   

1208  On June - 21 philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies   

1305  On this day in history death of king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271)   

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.   

1421  On this day in history death of jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)   

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on June - 21.   

1547  On this day in history death of sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)   

1573  On June - 21 antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle   

1582  On June - 21 death of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534)   

1591  On this day in history aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies   

1621  On June - 21 death of kryÅ¡tof Harant, Polish soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564)   

1652  On this day in history death of inigo Jones, English architect (b. 1573)   

1738  Death of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

1824  Death of Étienne Aignan, French writer (b. 1773) on June - 21.   

1865  Death of Frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824) on June - 21.   

1874  On June - 21 death of anders Jonas Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814)   

1876  On this day in history antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79   

1884  Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies on this day in history.   

1887  Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 on June - 21.   

1893  On June - 21 death of leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University   

1900  Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69 on June - 21.   

1908  On June - 21 nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64   

1913  Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30   

1925  On this day in history jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60   

1934  Death of [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) on this day in history.   

1940  On June - 21 edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies   

1944  On June - 21 jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies   

1945  Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53 on June - 21.   

1946  Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1951  On June - 21 death of charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)   

1954  Death of Gideon Sundback, American inventor, perfected the zipper (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

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1002  On this day in history birth of leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)   

1002  Pope Leo IX (d. 1054) was born on June - 21.   

1226  On this day in history birth of king Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)   

1528  Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) was born on June - 21.   

1577  On this day in history birth of giovanni Del Turco, composer   

1596  Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov was born on this day in history.   

1639  Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1640  Abraham Mignon, still life painter was born on June - 21.