Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 01

1793  Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80 on January - 01.   

1796  Death of Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735) on January - 01.   

1800  Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83 on January - 01.   

1816  On this day in history francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60   

1817  Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1818  Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87 on January - 01.   

1850  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on January - 01.   

1853  Death of Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

1862  On January - 01 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

1869  On January - 01 death of martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)   

1881  Death of Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1887  Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on January - 01.   

1892  Death of Roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1894  Death of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) on January - 01.   

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  On January - 01 cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58   

1919  On January - 01 william W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60   

1920  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of c P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846)   

1934  On January - 01 jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60   

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

1942  Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history death of colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, U.S. military officer who gave "a message to Garcia" (b. 1857)   

1944  C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on this day in history.   

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

1948  Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63   

1953  Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 on January - 01.   

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

1957  On January - 01 ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72   

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 this day in history.   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  On this day in history 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  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.   

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

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)