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Famous Deaths In January - 30

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

1030 On this day in history death of william V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)

1156 On this day in history herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies

1181 On this day in history death of emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)

1384 Death of Louis II of Flanders (b. 1330) on this day in history.

1393 Death of Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball on this day in history.

1574 On this day in history death of damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b. 1502)

1584 Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum, mister of Nienoord, dies in battle on this day in history.

1606 On this day in history death of everard Digby, English conspirator (b. 1578)

1644 William Chillingworth, Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies on this day in history.

1649 Death of Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason on this day in history.

1730 On this day in history peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14

1774 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.

1797 On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40

1816 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74 on this day in history.

1827 On this day in history johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer, dies at 53

1836 On this day in history death of betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. 1752)

1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail on this day in history.

1858 Death of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778) on this day in history.

1860 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.

1867 On this day in history death of emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)

1869 Death of William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) on this day in history.

1881 Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.

1888 On this day in history asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77

1889 Death of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (b. 1858) on this day in history.

1890 On this day in history karl Merz, composer, dies at 53

1897 John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies on this day in history.

1900 On this day in history vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71

1925 Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.

1926 On this day in history death of barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)

1927 On this day in history friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64

1928 Douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66 on this day in history.

1929 On this day in history death of la Goulue, French Cancan dancer (b. 1866)

1934 Death of Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1862) on this day in history.

1942 Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

133 Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (d. 193) was born on this day in history.

1505 On this day in history birth of thomas Tallis, English composer (d. 1585)

1563 On this day in history birth of franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer

1566 On this day in history birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer

1615 Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.

1616 William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) was born on this day in history.

1624 On this day in history birth of arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher (About Virtue)

1628 On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham England