Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 11

1877  Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1882  On January - 11 death of theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)   

1891  Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74   

1898  Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on January - 11.   

1901  Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34 on January - 11.   

1902  On January - 11 johnny Briggs, cricketer (118 wkts for England), dies in an asylum   

1905  Death of Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847) on January - 11.   

1914  Ambrose Bierce, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54   

1928  Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87 on January - 11.   

1929  On January - 11 death of julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28   

1931  Oscar Fetras, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1943  On January - 11 death of carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered   

1944  On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies   

1947  On this day in history death of eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)   

1950  Karin Michaelis, writer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1952  Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1953  Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1954  Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72   

1957  Death of Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867) on January - 11.   

1958  Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 on January - 11.   

1959  On January - 11 mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies   

1960  Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84 on January - 11.   

1961  Death of Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

1963  On January - 11 arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60   

1966  On January - 11 albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64   

1968  Death of Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

1969  On January - 11 death of richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)   

1973  Isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83 on January - 11.   

1975  On January - 11 death of max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901)   

1976  On this day in history mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies   

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0347  On this day in history birth of emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395)   

0889  On this day in history birth of abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)   

1322  Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380) was born on January - 11.   

1359  On January - 11 birth of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)   

1395  Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422) was born on this day in history.   

1403  Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg was born on January - 11.   

1449  On this day in history birth of domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter   

1503  On this day in history birth of francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)