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  On January - 21 franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81   

1881  On this day in history death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)   

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

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

1884  On this day in history auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75   

1888  Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1891  Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 on January - 21.   

1892  On January - 21 john Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies   

1894  On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

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  On January - 21 death of theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)   

1919  Death of Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) on January - 21.   

1924  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 on January - 21.   

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

1927  Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 on January - 21.   

1928  On January - 21 death of george Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)   

1931  On January - 21 felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67   

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

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 January - 21.   

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

1944  On January - 21 gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74   

1948  On January - 21 ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72   

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  On January - 21 maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59   

1956  Death of Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On this day in history john Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday   

1962  On January - 21 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  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 January - 21.   

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

1735  On this day in history 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]