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

1850  On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76  

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 January - 01.  

1881  Death of Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) on January - 01.  

1887  Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1892  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

1907  Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58 on January - 01.  

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1920  Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on January - 01.  

1931  Death of Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851) on January - 01.  

1932  On this day in history death of c P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846)  

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on January - 01.  

1940  Death of Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) on January - 01.  

1942  On January - 01 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  C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on January - 01.  

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

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

1949  Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on January - 01.  

1953  On January - 01 hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29  

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 January - 01 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  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.  

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

1449  On January - 01 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 this day in history.  

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)