Page 2: Historical Events In May - 21

1664  Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman on May - 21.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer on May - 21.   

1674  General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland on this day in history.   

1680  On May - 21 frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1683  On May - 21 west Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname   

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

1690  On May - 21 john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85   

1703  On May - 21 roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle   

1720  On May - 21 antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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 May - 21.   

1758  Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War on May - 21.   

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

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse on this day in history.   

1786  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 on May - 21.   

1790  Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange   

1793  Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange on May - 21.   

1796  On May - 21 reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1804  Lewis & Clark Expedition begins on May - 21.   

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

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

1810  On May - 21 charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81   

1812  On this day in history joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38   

1815  On this day in history roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73   

1817  On this day in history johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

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

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

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

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 on May - 21.   

1825  On May - 21 prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia   

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

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro on May - 21.   

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

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

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

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

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

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

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70