Famous Deaths Happened In May - 21

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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1471  On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

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

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer