Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21
Thursday, 01 January 2026
0304 On January - 21 death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) 

0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history. 

0917 Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on January - 21. 

1118 Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on this day in history. 

1519 On January - 21 death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) 

1527 On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) 

1546 Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on this day in history. 

1596 John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1609 On January - 21 joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 

1626 On this day in history john Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 

1638 Death of Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570) on this day in history. 

1665 Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72 on January - 21. 

1670 On January - 21 honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 

1683 On January - 21 anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 

1686 Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies on January - 21. 

1699 On this day in history death of obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616) 

1704 On this day in history willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 

1706 Death of Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) on this day in history. 

1710 Death of Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638) on this day in history. 

1722 Death of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661) on this day in history. 

1731 Death of Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669) on this day in history. 

1746 On January - 21 gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60 

1766 Death of James Quin, English actor (b. 1693) on this day in history. 

1773 Death of Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689) on January - 21. 

1774 On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 

1793 On January - 21 death of louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 

1795 On this day in history death of samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728) 

1809 On January - 21 death of josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729) 

1814 Death of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737) on January - 21. 

1815 On this day in history m Claudius, writer, dies at 74 

1823 On this day in history death of cayetano José RodrÃguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761) 

1831 On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 

1851 Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history. 

1870 On this day in history death of alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) 

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