Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 01

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

1796  On this day in history death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)   

1800  On January - 01 louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83   

1816  Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 on January - 01.   

1817  Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1850  On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

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

1862  On January - 01 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

1869  On January - 01 death of martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)   

1881  On this day in history death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

1887  On this day in history 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  Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69 on January - 01.   

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

1907  Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history william W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60   

1920  On January - 01 paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1931  On January - 01 death of martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)   

1932  On this day in history death of c P Scott, British journalist, publisher and politician (b. 1846)   

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

1940  On January - 01 death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

1942  Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, U.S. military officer who gave "a message to Garcia" (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1944  C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on January - 01.   

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

1954  On January - 01 death of duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890)   

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 this day in history.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

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  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.