Famous Deaths In January - 01

1793  Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1796  Death of Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735) on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83   

1816  Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 01 martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73   

1818  Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1850  On January - 01 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

1853  On January - 01 death of gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778)   

1862  On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

1869  Death of Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

1887  On January - 01 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

1892  On this day in history death of roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)   

1894  On this day in history death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

1896  On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

1901  Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1906  Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on January - 01.   

1907  Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58 on January - 01.   

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on January - 01.   

1920  On January - 01 paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1931  On this day in history death of martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)   

1932  Death of C P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1940  Death of Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1942  On January - 01 jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35   

1943  Death of Colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, U.S. military officer who gave "a message to Garcia" (b. 1857) on January - 01.   

1944  On January - 01 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

1945  Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on January - 01.   

1948  On this day in history hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66   

1949  Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1953  On January - 01 hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29   

1954  Death of Duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890) on January - 01.   

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)