Page 2: Historical Events In May - 21

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

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

1674  On this day in history general John Sobieski chosen King of Poland   

1680  On May - 21 frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1683  West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname on this day in history.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) on May - 21.   

1690  On this day in history john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85   

1703  Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer on May - 21.   

1722  On May - 21 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

1725  On May - 21 the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.   

1725  Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.   

1775  On this day in history lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On May - 21 elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

1786  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies   

1793  Curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange on this day in history.   

1793  On May - 21 curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange   

1796  On this day in history reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1804  Lewis & Clark Expedition begins on May - 21.   

1809  Battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon   

1810  Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1812  On May - 21 joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38   

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

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

1819  The first bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC on this day in history.   

1819  1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC on May - 21.   

1821  On this day in history john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

1822  On this day in history dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900   

1825  Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  On this day in history danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

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

1527  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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 this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

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 this day in history.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70