Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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

1882  Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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

1888  Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 on January - 21.   

1891  On January - 21 calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48   

1892  On January - 21 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  On January - 21 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  Death of Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) on January - 21.   

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

1928  On this day in history death of george Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)   

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

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

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  On this day in history henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72   

1943  On January - 21 otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61   

1944  Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on January - 21.   

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  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 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 this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on January - 21.   

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

1721  On January - 21 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  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on January - 21.