Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21
Friday, 18 July 2025
0304 Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on January - 21.
0879 On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies
0917 Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on January - 21.
1118 On January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
1519 On this day in history 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 On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 on this day in history.
1626 On January - 21 john Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
1638 Death of Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570) on January - 21.
1665 On January - 21 domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72
1670 On January - 21 honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80
1683 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1686 Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies on this day in history.
1699 Death of Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616) on this day in history.
1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 on this day in history.
1706 On this day in history death of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
1710 Death of Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638) on January - 21.
1722 Death of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661) on January - 21.
1731 Death of Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669) on this day in history.
1746 On this day in history gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60
1766 Death of James Quin, English actor (b. 1693) on January - 21.
1773 Death of Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689) on January - 21.
1774 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on January - 21.
1793 Death of Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 on January - 21.
1795 On January - 21 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 this day in history.
1815 On this day in history m Claudius, writer, dies at 74
1823 Death of Cayetano José RodrÃguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761) on January - 21.
1831 Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 on January - 21.
1851 Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1870 Death of Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) on January - 21.
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