Deaths on May 21

Hieronymus Fabricius

Died on May 21, 1619

Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (b. 1537)

Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (20 May 1533 – 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology."

References

Hieronymus Fabricius

Choose Another Date

Events on 1619

10 Jun

Battle of Záblatí
Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
4 Dec

Berkeley Hundred
Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."