Famous Deaths Happened 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  On January - 21 death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

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

1519  On January - 21 death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  On January - 21 death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66   

1609  On this day in history joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68   

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

1638  On January - 21 death of ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)   

1665  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72 on January - 21.   

1670  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies   

1699  On this day in history death of obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)   

1704  Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 on January - 21.   

1706  Death of Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649) on this day in history.   

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

1722  On January - 21 death of charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)   

1731  On this day in history death of thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)   

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

1766  Death of James Quin, English actor (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

1773  Death of Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689) on January - 21.   

1774  Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on January - 21.   

1793  Death of Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 on January - 21.   

1795  On this day in history death of samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728)   

1809  Death of Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729) on January - 21.   

1814  Death of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737) on January - 21.   

1815  M Claudius, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history death of cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)   

1831  Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1851  Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 on January - 21.   

1870  On this day in history death of alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)   

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

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.   

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

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.   

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.   

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