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  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1581  On August - 21 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  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1629  On August - 21 camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on August - 21.   

1689  Death of William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49   

1762  Death of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies   

1796  On this day in history death of john McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)   

1798  On this day in history corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62   

1812  On this day in history silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67   

1814  Death of Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753) on this day in history.   

1824  John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 on August - 21.   

1836  On August - 21 death of claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)   

1838  A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1856  Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 on August - 21.   

1864  On this day in history john Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24   

1870  On this day in history death of ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821)   

1888  Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 on August - 21.   

1898  On this day in history nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40   

1905  Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80 on August - 21.   

1911  W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80   

1935  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76 on August - 21.   

1940  On this day in history death of leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62   

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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  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

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

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)