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Best known
Empress Wei (Tang dynasty)
Empress of China (684, 705–710)
Shangguan Wan'er
Chinese politician, poet and concubine
Henry Percy (Hotspur)
14th-century English noble
Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford
English noble
Manuel II Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425
Antonio de Mendoza
1st Viceroy of New Spain, (r. 1535–50); 3rd Viceroy of Peru (r. 1551–52)
Empress Wei (Tang dynasty) — Empress of China (684, 705–710), who died on July 21 710.
Shangguan Wan'er — Chinese politician, poet and concubine, who died on July 21 710.
Henry Percy (Hotspur) — 14th-century English noble, who died on July 21 1403.
Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford — English noble, who died on July 21 1403.
Manuel II Palaiologos — Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425, who died on July 21 1425.
Antonio de Mendoza — 1st Viceroy of New Spain, (r. 1535–50); 3rd Viceroy of Peru (r. 1551–52), who died on July 21 1552.
All entries
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Kʼan IIAjaw - 710PPrincess AnleChinese princess of the Tang dynasty (died 710)
- 987
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- 1403WWalter Blount (soldier)English soldier
- 1688
James Butler, 1st Duke of OrmondAnglo-Irish viceroy - 1793
Antoine Bruni d'EntrecasteauxFrench Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator - 1796
Robert BurnsScottish poet and lyricist - 1798
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of ClerfaytAustrian marshal - 1798
Anthony PerryIrish rebel leader - 1868
William BlandAustralian politician - 1878SSam Bass (outlaw)American Old West outlaw
- 1880HHiram WaldenAmerican politician
- 1889
Nelson DeweyAmerican pioneer, first Governor of Wisconsin - 1899
Robert G. IngersollAmerican agnostic, lawyer, politician and orator - 1920
Fiammetta WilsonBritish astronomer - 1928
Ellen TerryEnglish actress - 1932
Bill GleasonAmerican baseball player - 1938
Owen WisterAmerican writer - 1941
Bohdan LepkyUkrainian writer - 1943
Charley PaddockAmerican athlete - 1943
Louis VauxcellesFrench art critic - 1944
Claus von StauffenbergGerman army officer - 1946
Gualberto Villarroel39th President of Bolivia - 1948
Arshile GorkyArmenian-American painter - 1952
Pedro LascuráinPresident of Mexico for 45 minutes in 1913 - 1966
Philipp FrankAustrian-American physicist, mathematician and philosopher - 1967
Jimmie FoxxAmerican baseball player - 1967
Albert LuthuliSouth African politician (c. 1898–1967) - 1967
Basil RathboneEnglish actor - 1968
Ruth St. DenisAmerican modern dancer - 1970
Mikhail Gerasimov (archaeologist)Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist - 1970
Bob KalsuAmerican football player and US Army officer - 1972
Ralph CraigAmerican athlete - 1972
Jigme Dorji WangchuckKing of Bhutan from 1952 to 1972 - 1977
Lee MillerAmerican photographer and photojournalist - 1982
Dave GarrowayAmerican radio and television host
- 1991PPaul Warwick (racing driver)British racing driver
- 1994MMarijacFrench comics author
- 1997OOlaf KopvillemEstonian singer
- 1998
Alan ShepardAmerican astronaut - 1998
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- 2000MMarc ReisnerAmerican environmentalist and writer
- 2002
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Jerry GoldsmithAmerican film composer - 2004
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- 2010
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- 2012
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Ali PodrimjaAlbanian poet - 2012
James D. RamageUnited States Navy admiral - 2012
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- 2013AAndrea AntonelliItalian motorcycle racer
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- 2013DDet de BeusDutch field hockey player
- 2013LLuis Fernando Rizo-Salom
- 2013FFred Taylor (American football coach)American football player and coach
- 2014LLouise AbeitaAmerican poet
- 2014
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- 2014RRilwanu LukmanNigerian engineer
- 2014
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Robert BrobergMusical artist - 2015
E. L. DoctorowAmerican novelist and editor - 2015NNicholas Gonzalez (physician)American physician
- 2015CCzesław MarchajPolish yacht racer
- 2015
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Dennis GreenAmerican gridiron football player, coach - 2017
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- 2023
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Who died on July 21?
91 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 21, including Empress Wei (Tang dynasty), Shangguan Wan'er, Henry Percy (Hotspur). The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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60 documented historical events happened on July 21, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Pope Pontian began his pontificate, succeeding Urban I. On the same day, in another year: A large earthquake occurred near Crete, triggering a tsunami, and causing widespread destruction around the eastern Mediterranean region. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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