Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 01

1793  On this day in history francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80   

1796  On this day in history death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)   

1800  On this day in history louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83   

1816  Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 01 martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73   

1818  Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1853  Death of Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778) on January - 01.   

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  On this day in history death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

1887  On this day in history johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

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 January - 01.   

1896  Death of Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

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  Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history william W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60   

1920  Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1931  Death of Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

1932  Death of C P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

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

1945  Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1948  Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66 on January - 01.   

1949  On January - 01 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 January - 01 death of duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890)   

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 January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

1481  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

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