Famous Deaths In January - 21

1871  On January - 21 john J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73   

1872  On this day in history franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81   

1881  Death of Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

1882  On January - 21 anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72   

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

1884  Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75 on January - 21.   

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

1891  On this day in history 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  Death of Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835) on this day in history.   

1903  Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58 on January - 21.   

1914  Death of Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1919  On January - 21 death of gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)   

1924  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 on January - 21.   

1926  On January - 21 camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

1927  On this day in history floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

1928  Death of George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) on January - 21.   

1931  Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on January - 21.   

1932  On this day in history [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51   

1933  Death of George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

1942  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61   

1944  Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1948  On January - 21 ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72   

1950  George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 on January - 21.   

1954  Billy Jenkins, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59   

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  Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 on January - 21.   

1961  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.   

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 this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  On this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]