Famous Deaths In January - 21

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  On January - 21 boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on this day in history.   

1118  On January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1519  On this day in history death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on January - 21.   

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on January - 21.   

1596  On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66   

1609  Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 on January - 21.   

1626  John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history death of ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)   

1665  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1670  On January - 21 honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80   

1683  On this day in history anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61   

1686  Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies on January - 21.   

1699  On January - 21 death of obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)   

1704  Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 on this day in history.   

1706  On January - 21 death of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)   

1710  On January - 21 death of johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)   

1722  Death of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661) on this day in history.   

1731  Death of Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669) on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60   

1766  On this day in history death of james Quin, English actor (b. 1693)   

1773  Death of Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689) on this day in history.   

1774  Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1793  On January - 21 death of louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38   

1795  Death of Samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728) on January - 21.   

1809  Death of Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history death of jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)   

1815  M Claudius, writer, dies at 74 on January - 21.   

1823  Death of Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761) on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49   

1851  On this day in history gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49   

1870  Death of Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on January - 21.