April 21
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on April 21 this year.
- R. Yosef Teomim (the Pri Megadim)d. 1792 CE
Galician halachist; author of the Pri Megadim on Shulchan Aruch
- R. Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis HaLevi)d. 1892 CE
Rosh yeshiva of Volozhin and rabbi of Brisk
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- 753 BCEGraeco-Roman · founded
Roman tradition dated the founding of the city to this day, observed each year with the shepherds' festival of the Parilia.
- 43 BCEGraeco-Roman
At the Battle of Mutina the besieging army of Mark Antony was driven off; both Roman consuls of the year later died of wounds from the campaign.
- 1109 CEChristian · died
Anselm of Canterbury, archbishop and philosopher remembered for the ontological argument, died at Canterbury.
- 1890 CEMesopotamian · born
Benno Landsberger, a founding figure of modern Assyriology and Akkadian lexicography, was born in 1890.
- 1938 CEIslamic · died
Muhammad Iqbal, the Urdu and Persian poet-philosopher whose verse shaped modern Muslim thought in South Asia, died on this day in 1938.
- 1981 CEEgyptian · died
Dorothy Eady, a draughtswoman for Egypt's Antiquities Department who spent decades documenting the Abydos temple of Seti I, died at Abydos.
- 2021 CEIslamic · died
Wahiduddin Khan, an Indian Islamic scholar and author known for his writing on peace and interfaith understanding, died on this day in 2021.
- 2025 CEChristian · died
Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas and the first Jesuit pope, died at his residence in Vatican City.