Famous Deaths Happened In August - 21
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
1131 Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.
1157 On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)
1190 On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
1245 On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
1271 Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.
1516 On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
1581 On this day in history 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 On August - 21 jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
1629 On this day in history camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies
1673 On this day in history isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51
1689 Death of William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on August - 21.
1723 Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1762 On this day in history death of lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)
1763 On this day in history death of charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
1772 On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
1785 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history death of john McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)
1798 Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 on August - 21.
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 this day in history.
1836 Death of Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785) on this day in history.
1838 On August - 21 a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57
1856 On August - 21 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 this day in history.
1905 Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1911 W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies on August - 21.
1932 On August - 21 frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
1935 On August - 21 josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
1940 Death of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on this day in history.
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