Famous Deaths In January - 21

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

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

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

1882  Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 on January - 21.  

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

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

1892  John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies on this day in history.  

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

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1901  Death of Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)  

1924  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81  

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

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 January - 21.  

1933  On this day in history death of george A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)  

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

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  On this day in history maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59  

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

1957  Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 on January - 21.  

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 this day in history 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  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.  

1571  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)  

1659  On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect  

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

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer  

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.