Famous Deaths In May - 21

0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

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

1524  On this day in history 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  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.   

1647  On May - 21 pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65   

1650  Death of James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged on this day in history.   

1664  Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on this day in history.   

1670  On May - 21 death of niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)   

1686  Death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602) on this day in history.   

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

1703  On this day in history roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle   

1719  Death of Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) on May - 21.   

1725  On this day in history robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63   

1742  Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) on this day in history.   

1771  Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1786  On May - 21 carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43   

1790  On this day in history thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies   

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

1812  On May - 21 joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38   

1815  Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.   

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

1844  On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68   

1860  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 on May - 21.   

1862  On this day in history death of john Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)   

1879  Death of Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) on May - 21.   

1885  On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on May - 21.   

1895  On this day in history franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  On May - 21 karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1911  On this day in history death of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)   

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1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.