Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21
Monday, 02 March 2026
0304 Saint agnes: Saint agnes (martyred) (b. 291) 

0879 Boudouin with the iron arm: Earl of flanders, 

0917 Erchanger: Duke of swabia (c. 880) 

1118 Paschalis ii: [raniero], pope (1099-1118), 

1519 Vasco núñez de balboa: Spanish explorer (b. 1475) 

1527 Juan de grijalva: Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) 

1546 Azai sukemasa: Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) 

1596 John ligarius: German theologist/prime minister, 

1609 Joseph justus scaliger: French inventor of "julian period", 

1626 John dowland: English composer (in darkness we dwell), 

1638 Ignazio donati: Italian composer (c. 1570) 

1665 Domenico mazzocchi: Composer, 

1670 Honorat de brueil seigneur de racan: French playwright, 

1683 Anthony ashley cooper: 1st earl of shaftesbury, 

1686 Nicolas-francois blondel: French architect, 

1699 Obadiah walker: English writer (b. 1616) 

1704 Willem b schepers: Dutch merchant/ship owner, 

1706 Adrien baillet: French scholar and critic (b. 1649) 

1710 Johann georg gichtel: German mystic (b. 1638) 

1722 Charles paulet: 2nd duke of bolton, english supporter of william iii of england (b. 1661) 

1731 Thomas woolston: English theologian (b. 1669) 

1746 Gottfried kirkhoff: Composer, 

1766 James quin: English actor (b. 1693) 

1773 Alexis piron: French writer (b. 1689) 

1774 Mustapha iii: Sultan of turkey (1957-74), 

1793 Louis xvi: French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 

1795 Samuel wallis: English navigator (b. 1728) 

1809 Josiah hornblower: American statesman (b. 1729) 

1814 Jacques-henri bernardin de saint-pierre: French writer and botanist (b. 1737) 

1815 M claudius: Writer, 

1823 Cayetano josé rodrÃguez: Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761) 

1831 Achim v arnim: Writer, 

1851 Gustav albert lortzing: Composer, 

1870 Alexander herzen: Russian writer (b. 1812) 

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