Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21

1871  John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1872  Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on January - 21.   

1881  Death of Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

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

1883  Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1884  Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75 on January - 21.   

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  On this day in history john Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies   

1894  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history death of elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835)   

1903  Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1914  Death of Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

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  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1932  On January - 21 [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51   

1933  Death of George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852) on January - 21.   

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  On this day in history gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74   

1948  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1950  George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 on this day in history.   

1954  On January - 21 billy Jenkins, dies at 69   

1955  Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)   

1957  Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1959  On January - 21 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  On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

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

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

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on January - 21.   

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1743  On this day in history 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 this day in history.