Famous Deaths In June - 21

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

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

1208  On this day in history philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies   

1305  Death of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1377  On this day in history edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies   

1421  On June - 21 death of jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)   

1527  On June - 21 niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57   

1529  On this day in history john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69   

1547  Death of Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485) on June - 21.   

1573  Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1582  Death of Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534) on June - 21.   

1591  On June - 21 aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies   

1621  Death of KryÅ¡tof Harant, Polish soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1652  Death of Inigo Jones, English architect (b. 1573) on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history death of charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)   

1824  On this day in history death of Étienne Aignan, French writer (b. 1773)   

1865  Death of Frances Adeline Seward, wife of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history 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 June - 21.   

1887  On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67   

1893  Death of Leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University on June - 21.   

1900  On June - 21 polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69   

1908  Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 on June - 21.   

1913  On this day in history stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37   

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

1925  Jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1934  Death of [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) on June - 21.   

1940  On this day in history edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies   

1944  Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies on June - 21.   

1945  On June - 21 josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53   

1946  On this day in history heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59   

1951  On this day in history death of charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)   

1954  On this day in history death of gideon Sundback, American inventor, perfected the zipper (b. 1880)   

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

1002  On this day in history birth of pope Leo IX (d. 1054)   

1226  King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279) was born on June - 21.   

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

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on June - 21.   

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  On this day in history birth of abraham Mignon, still life painter