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May 21, 1372
Born on May 22
- 1009 » Su Xun, Chinese writer († 1066)
- 1408 » Annamacharya, Hindu saint († 1503)
- 1539 » Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford († 1621)
- 1622 » Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor († 1698)
- 1644 » Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor († 1730)
- 1650 » Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter († 1702)
- 1694 » Daniel Gran, Austrian painter († 1757)
- 1715 » François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat († 1794)
- 1733 » Hubert Robert, French painter († 1808)
- 1752 » Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician († 1797)
Died on May 22
- 1310 » Saint Humility, founder of the Vallumbrosan religious order of nuns (b. c.1226)
- 1409 » Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (b. 1392)
- 1455 » Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1406)
- 1455 » Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (b. 1393)
- 1455 » Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)
- 1457 » Rita of Cascia, Italian nun and saint (b. 1381)
- 1490 » Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English administrator, nobleman and magnate (b. 1416)
- 1538 » John Forest, English friar and martyr (b. 1471)
- 1540 » Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)
- 1545 » Sher Shah Suri, Indian ruler (b. 1486)
Names that were popular for boys in 1372
Names that were popular for girls in 1372
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1372
- Graaf Willem V (Beiers Huis) was from 1349 till 1389 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)