Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on this day in history.   

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

0917  On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.   

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

1527  On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

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  On January - 21 john Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62   

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

1665  On January - 21 domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72   

1670  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 on January - 21.   

1683  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1699  Death of Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616) on January - 21.   

1704  On January - 21 willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83   

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

1710  Death of Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638) on this day in history.   

1722  Death of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661) on January - 21.   

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

1746  On January - 21 gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60   

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

1773  On January - 21 death of alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)   

1774  On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

1793  On this day in history death of louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38   

1795  On January - 21 death of samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728)   

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

1814  On January - 21 death of jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)   

1815  On January - 21 m Claudius, writer, dies at 74   

1823  On January - 21 death of cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)   

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

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

1870  On January - 21 death of alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)   

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

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

1571  On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on January - 21.   

1721  On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

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 this day in history.   

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