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Famous Deaths In January - 11

Friday, 24 May 2013

1055 Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies on this day in history.

1083 Death of Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020) on this day in history.

1494 Death of Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449) on this day in history.

1495 Death of Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428) on this day in history.

1547 On this day in history death of pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)

1552 On this day in history johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies

1641 On this day in history franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist, dies

1650 On this day in history paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49

1674 On this day in history jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58

1696 On this day in history death of charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)

1703 Death of Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632) on this day in history.

1713 Death of Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637) on this day in history.

1735 On this day in history death of danilo I , Vladika of Montenegro (b. c. 1670)

1753 Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), dies at 92 on this day in history.

1762 Death of Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695) on this day in history.

1763 On this day in history death of caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)

1771 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66 on this day in history.

1775 Death of Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia on this day in history.

1784 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.

1791 Death of William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) on this day in history.

1797 On this day in history francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62

1801 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at 51 on this day in history.

1836 On this day in history death of john Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)

1837 On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54

1843 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63 on this day in history.

1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 on this day in history.

1856 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] on this day in history.

1867 On this day in history death of sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)

1870 Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

1877 Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.

1882 Death of Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810) on this day in history.

1891 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 on this day in history.

1893 Benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74 on this day in history.

1898 On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1322 On this day in history birth of emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)

1359 Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393) was born on this day in history.

1395 Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422) was born on this day in history.

1403 On this day in history birth of jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg

1449 On this day in history birth of domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter

1503 On this day in history birth of francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)

1591 On this day in history birth of robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)

1630 On this day in history birth of john Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)