Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1647  On May - 21 pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65   

1650  On May - 21 death of james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged   

1664  Death of Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history death of niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)   

1686  Death of (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602) on May - 21.   

1690  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle   

1719  Death of Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1725  Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 on May - 21.   

1742  Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) on May - 21.   

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  Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on May - 21.   

1812  Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1815  Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.   

1817  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on May - 21.   

1844  Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1860  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 on May - 21.   

1862  Death of John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) on May - 21.   

1879  Death of Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) on May - 21.   

1885  On May - 21 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on May - 21.   

1895  On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  On this day in history karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1911  On May - 21 death of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.