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 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

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 January - 01 death of louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist (b. 1805)   

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

1892  On this day in history 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 January - 01 death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

1901  Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1907  Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58 on January - 01.   

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

1920  Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on January - 01.   

1931  On January - 01 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  On January - 01 jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60   

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

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

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

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

1945  On this day in history vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33   

1948  On January - 01 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  Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72   

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

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On this day in history 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  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

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