Famous Deaths In January - 21

1871  On January - 21 john J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73   

1872  On this day in history franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81   

1881  Death of Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) on January - 21.   

1882  On January - 21 anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72   

1883  On January - 21 jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62   

1884  On January - 21 auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75   

1888  On this day in history stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83   

1891  On January - 21 calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48   

1892  John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies on January - 21.   

1894  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on January - 21.   

1901  Death of Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835) on January - 21.   

1903  On this day in history hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58   

1914  On this day in history death of theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)   

1919  Death of Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

1924  On January - 21 vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53   

1926  Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1927  On January - 21 floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

1928  Death of George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67   

1932  [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1933  On January - 21 death of george A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)   

1937  Death of Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) on January - 21.   

1942  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1943  Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61 on January - 21.   

1944  Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on January - 21.   

1948  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72 on January - 21.   

1950  George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 on January - 21.   

1954  Billy Jenkins, dies at 69 on January - 21.   

1955  Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 on January - 21.   

1956  Death of Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) on January - 21.   

1957  On January - 21 arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87   

1959  On this day in history cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77   

1961  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on January - 21.   

1962  Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on January - 21.   

1571  On this day in history 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 January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.   

1743  On January - 21 birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on January - 21.