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Famous Deaths In January - 18

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

1367 Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.

1425 Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on this day in history.

1471 Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.

1479 On this day in history louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61

1580 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.

1586 Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.

1659 Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.

1664 On this day in history moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies

1666 Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56 on this day in history.

1677 John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57 on this day in history.

1730 Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 on this day in history.

1760 Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.

1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan on this day in history.

1803 Death of Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743) on this day in history.

1854 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies on this day in history.

1862 John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 on this day in history.

1873 Death of Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803) on this day in history.

1875 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.

1878 On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)

1886 Michal Czajchovski, [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies on this day in history.

1890 On this day in history amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44

1892 On this day in history death of anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)

1896 On this day in history death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)

1902 Filippo Marchetti, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.

1906 On this day in history bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84

1913 Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49 on this day in history.

1919 John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13 on this day in history.

1921 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73 on this day in history.

1923 On this day in history wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31

1936 On this day in history rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70

1940 On this day in history kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74

1951 Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 on this day in history.

1952 Death of Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1903) on this day in history.

1954 Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1519 On this day in history birth of isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)

1543 Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.

1641 On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)

1657 Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on this day in history.

1672 Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.

1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on this day in history.

1688 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.

1689 Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes) was born on this day in history.