Historical Events In May - 21

1664  On this day in history elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman   

1671  On May - 21 azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1674  On May - 21 general John Sobieski chosen King of Poland   

1680  On this day in history 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  John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1720  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

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

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

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

1804  Lewis & Clark Expedition begins on this day in history.   

1809  On May - 21 battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon   

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

1810  On this day in history 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  Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history the first bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC   

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

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director on May - 21.   

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

1825  On this day in history prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia   

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

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

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

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

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  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

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