Famous Deaths In May - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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