Famous Deaths In January - 21

1871  John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73 on January - 21.  

1872  Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on January - 21.  

1881  Death of Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) on January - 21.  

1882  On January - 21 anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72  

1883  Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1884  Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75 on January - 21.  

1888  Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1891  Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 on January - 21.  

1892  John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies on this day in history.  

1894  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.  

1901  Death of Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58  

1914  On this day in history death of theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)  

1919  Death of Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53  

1926  On this day in history camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81  

1927  Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1928  On January - 21 death of george Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)  

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on January - 21.  

1932  On January - 21 [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51  

1933  On January - 21 death of george A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)  

1937  Death of Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) on this day in history.  

1942  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on January - 21.  

1943  On this day in history otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61  

1944  Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1948  On January - 21 ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72  

1950  On January - 21 george Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46  

1954  Billy Jenkins, dies at 69 on January - 21.  

1955  On January - 21 maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59  

1956  Death of Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) on January - 21.  

1957  On January - 21 arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87  

1959  On January - 21 cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77  

1961  On this day in history john Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday  

1962  On January - 21 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76  

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.  

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on January - 21.  

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect  

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)  

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.  

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.  

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.