Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
1871 On this day in history john J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
1872 On January - 21 franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
1881 Death of Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72
1883 Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62 on January - 21.
1884 Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1888 Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 on January - 21.
1891 On January - 21 calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48
1892 John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies on this day in history.
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 On January - 21 death of theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
1919 On this day in history death of gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)
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 January - 21.
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 January - 21.
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 Death of George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852) on this day in history.
1937 Death of Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) on this day in history.
1942 On January - 21 henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
1943 On January - 21 otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61
1944 On this day in history gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
1948 On this day in history ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72
1950 On this day in history george Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46
1954 Billy Jenkins, dies at 69 on January - 21.
1955 On this day in history maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59
1956 On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
1957 On January - 21 arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
1959 On January - 21 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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