Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 01

1793  Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1796  Death of Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735) on this day in history.   

1800  Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1816  On January - 01 francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60   

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

1818  On January - 01 fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87   

1850  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1862  Death of Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

1869  Death of Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1892  On January - 01 death of roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)   

1894  Death of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

1901  On this day in history ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69   

1906  On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51   

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 January - 01 death of c P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846)   

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1940  On January - 01 death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

1942  On this day in history jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35   

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

1944  On January - 01 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

1945  On January - 01 vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33   

1948  On January - 01 hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history death of duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890)   

1957  On this day in history 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  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.   

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

1449  On January - 01 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  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

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)