Famous Deaths In January - 01

1793  Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80 on January - 01.   

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

1800  On this day in history louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83   

1816  On this day in history francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60   

1817  Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73 on January - 01.   

1818  Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87 on January - 01.   

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

1853  Death of Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778) on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1887  Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on January - 01.   

1892  Death of Roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

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

1896  Death of Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

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

1906  On January - 01 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51   

1907  On this day in history cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58   

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

1920  On this day in history paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1931  On this day in history death of martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)   

1932  On January - 01 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  Death of Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) on January - 01.   

1942  On January - 01 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 January - 01 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

1945  Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on January - 01.   

1948  Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on this day in history.   

1958  David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on this day in history.   

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

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  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  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

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