Famous Deaths In January - 01

1793  Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1796  Death of Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735) on January - 01.   

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  Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73 on January - 01.   

1818  On January - 01 fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87   

1850  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1862  Death of Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) on January - 01.   

1869  Death of Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

1881  Death of Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1887  Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1892  Death of Roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) on January - 01.   

1894  On January - 01 death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

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

1901  On January - 01 ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69   

1906  Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on January - 01.   

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  On this day in history paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57   

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

1932  Death of C P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846) on January - 01.   

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1940  Death of Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1945  On January - 01 vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33   

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 January - 01.   

1953  On this day in history hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29   

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

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on January - 01.   

1958  On this day in history david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.   

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)