Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.   

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

1882  On this day in history anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72   

1883  On this day in history jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62   

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

1888  On January - 21 stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83   

1891  Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1894  On January - 21 guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

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

1919  On January - 21 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  On this day in history camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

1927  On this day in history floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

1928  Death of George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) on January - 21.   

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on January - 21.   

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  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on January - 21.   

1943  On this day in history otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61   

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  On January - 21 george Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46   

1954  On January - 21 billy Jenkins, dies at 69   

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

1956  On January - 21 death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)   

1957  On this day in history 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  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on this day in history.   

1962  On January - 21 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

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1337  On this day in history 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  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  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  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]