Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
0987 Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.
1254 On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26
1481 Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.
1512 Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.
1524 On May - 21 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 May - 21.
1607 Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.
1639 On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70
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 On May - 21 death of elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
1670 On May - 21 death of niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
1686 On this day in history death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
1690 John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on May - 21.
1703 On May - 21 roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle
1719 Death of Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) on this day in history.
1725 On this day in history robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
1742 On this day in history death of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
1771 Death of Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) on this day in history.
1786 On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
1790 Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on May - 21.
1810 Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on May - 21.
1812 On this day in history joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
1815 On May - 21 roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
1817 Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
1860 On this day in history johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53
1862 On this day in history death of john Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)
1879 On this day in history death of arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
1885 On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
1894 On May - 21 august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
1895 Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 on May - 21.
1897 On May - 21 karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
1911 Death of Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) on this day in history.
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