Famous Deaths Happened In August - 21

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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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.