Famous Deaths In January - 01

1793  On January - 01 francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80   

1796  Death of Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735) on this day in history.   

1800  Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83 on January - 01.   

1816  Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73   

1818  On this day in history fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87   

1850  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on January - 01.   

1853  On this day in history death of gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778)   

1862  On this day in history death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

1869  Death of Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) on January - 01.   

1881  Death of Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) on January - 01.   

1887  On January - 01 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

1892  On January - 01 death of roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)   

1894  Death of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

1901  On this day in history ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69   

1906  On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51   

1907  On January - 01 cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58   

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on January - 01.   

1920  Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1931  Death of Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

1932  On January - 01 death of c P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846)   

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on January - 01.   

1940  On this day in history death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

1942  On this day in history jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35   

1943  On January - 01 death of colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, U.S. military officer who gave "a message to Garcia" (b. 1857)   

1944  On this day in history c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

1945  Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66   

1949  Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1953  Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1954  Death of Duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890) on January - 01.   

1957  On January - 01 ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72   

1958  On January - 01 david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)