Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21

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 rodríguez: 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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1337  Charles v: The wise, king of france (1364-80)   

1338  King charles v of france: King charles v of france (d. 1380)   

1571  John i pontanus: Physicist/historian (amsterdam)   

1659  Adriaen van der werff: Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  James murray: British military officer, governor of quebec   

1735  Johann gottfried eckard: Composer   

1743  John fitch: Inventor (had a working steamboat years before fulton)   

1746  Johann h pestalozzi: Zurich switz, educator (leonard & gertrude) [ns]