Famous Deaths In January - 21

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  On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)  

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.  

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

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on January - 21.  

1546  On this day in history death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)  

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 January - 21.  

1626  John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 on January - 21.  

1638  On January - 21 death of ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)  

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

1670  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 on January - 21.  

1683  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1686  On January - 21 nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies  

1699  On January - 21 death of obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)  

1704  On January - 21 willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83  

1706  On January - 21 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 this day in history.  

1731  On this day in history death of thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)  

1746  Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  M Claudius, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1831  On January - 21 achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49  

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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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.  

1338  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)  

1571  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)  

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)  

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer  

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.  

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]